Lobation

Lobation is a characteristic of the cell nucleus of certain granulocytes, which are types of white blood cells, where the nucleus is segmented into two or more connected lobes. Of the four types of granulocyte, only the mast cell is not lobated.

Lobation is also a characteristic of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.

Lobated white blood cells
Cell type	Image		Lobation
Neutrophil			multilobed, i.e. having more than two lobes
Eosinophil			bi-lobed, i.e. having two lobes
Basophil			bi-lobed

References

↑ Campbell, Neil A. (1996). Biology (4th ed.). Menlo Park [u.a.]: Benjamin Cummings. pp. 832–33. ISBN 0805319409.
1 2 Alberts, Bruce (2002). Molecular biology of the cell (4th ed.). New York [u.a.]: Garland. pp. 1284–1290. ISBN 0815340729.
↑ "Basophil". medcell.med.yale.edu.

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[Campbell-1] Campbell, Neil A. (1996). Biology (4th ed.). Menlo Park [u.a.]: Benjamin Cummings. pp. 832–33. ISBN 0805319409.

[Alberts-2] 1 2 Alberts, Bruce (2002). Molecular biology of the cell (4th ed.). New York [u.a.]: Garland. pp. 1284–1290. ISBN 0815340729.

[Yale-3] "Basophil". medcell.med.yale.edu.