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Reticulocytes may also be called

A
Blood platelets
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Immature erythrocytes
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Lymphocytes
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WBCs
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Solution

The correct option is A Immature erythrocytes
Reticulocytes are immature red blood cells or erythrocytes, which composes about 1% of the red cells in the human body. They develop and mature in the red bone marrow and then circulate for about a day in the blood stream before developing into mature red blood cells.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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