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Modeling Proplatelet Formation

Caption: This animation from a computer model shows how forces from proteins in the larger pre-platelet form the barbell-shaped pro-platelet. Proplatelets form platelets of the correct size and shape.

Credit: Alex Mogilner, UC Davis

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