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Whole-body x-irradiation of the duck is followed by a decrease in the uptake of iron by erythrocytes in vitro. The decrease is attributable to a decrease in number of one kind of reticulocyte, which appears to be the youngest circulating erythrocyte. The level of these cells in blood falls because of a decrease in erythropoiesis and the usual maturation of these cells, which is accompanied by a loss in ability to remove iron from plasma.
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