Number of cells per crypt (in colon)

Range ~1,000 cells/crypt
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Frank SA, Nowak MA. Problems of somatic mutation and cancer. Bioessays. 2004 Mar26(3):291-9. p.294 caption to figure 1PubMed ID14988930
Comments "A crypt consists of ~10^3 cells."
Entered by Uri M
ID 110648