Editing Platelet (section)

==Non-mammals==
Instead of platelets, non-mammalian vertebrates have nucleated thrombocytes, which resemble [[B lymphocyte]]s in morphology. They aggregate in response to thrombin, but not to ADP, serotonin, nor adrenaline, as platelets do.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Schmaier AA, Stalker TJ, Runge JJ, Lee D, Nagaswami C, Mericko P, Chen M, Cliché S, Gariépy C, Brass LF, Hammer DA, Weisel JW, Rosenthal K, Kahn ML |title=Occlusive thrombi arise in mammals but not birds in response to arterial injury: evolutionary insight into human cardiovascular disease |journal=Blood |volume=118 |issue=13 |pages=3661–9 |date=September 2011 |pmid=21816834 |pmc=3186337 |doi=10.1182/blood-2011-02-338244}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Belamarich FA, Shepro D, Kien M |title=ADP is not involved in thrombin-induced aggregation of thrombocytes of a non-mammalian vertebrate |journal=Nature |volume=220 |issue=5166 |pages=509–510 |date=November 1968 |pmid=5686175 |doi=10.1038/220509a0 |bibcode=1968Natur.220..509B |s2cid=4269208}}</ref>