1. An unusual timing of blood coagulation in deer mice (Peromyscus leucopus).
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Edgar Folk, G., Dickson, EricW., Lynch, RobertG., and Thrift, DianaL.
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BLOOD coagulation , *PEROMYSCUS leucopus , *LABORATORY mice , *ANTICOAGULANTS - Abstract
Blood from albino mice clots in glass tubes (Lee-White test) in approximately two minutes. The tube can be inverted and the coagulated blood does not move for hours. In contrast, blood from winter and summer deer mice (Peromyscus leucopus) from Iowa, and summer deer mice (N = 89) from Connecticut, Georgia, and Texas (USA) either did not clot at all or formed a transient clot which became liquid within 1-5 minutes. A small (1/10 of specimen volume) clump remained in most specimens. The mechanism of the phenomenon is unknown, but may be an exceptionally enhanced spontaneous clot lysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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