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Centrioles are cylindrical structures, found in animal cells, that are composed of groupings of microtubules arranged in a 9 + 3 pattern. They help to organize the assembly of microtubules during cell division.
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∙ 15y agoA centriole is a barrel-shaped organelle[1] found in most animal eukaryotic cells, though absent in higher plants and most fungi.[2] The walls of each centriole are usually composed of nine triplets of microtubules (protein of the cytoskeleton). Deviations from this structure include Drosophila melanogaster embryos, with nine doublets, and Caenorhabditis elegans sperm cells and early embryos, with nine singlets.[3][4] An associated pair of centrioles, arranged perpendicularly and surrounded by an amorphous mass of dense material (known as the pericentriolar material) constitutes the compound structure known as the centrosome.[1]
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Do plant cells have centiroles?
yea you could say that
What are the little green T shaped things on a cell?
centiroles
Describe the function of the centriole in animal cells?
Centriole (animal cells only): Each centriole is a ring of nine groups of fused microtubules. There are three microtubules in each group. Microtubules (and centrioles) are part of the cytoskeleton. In the complete animal cell centrosome, the two centrioles are arranged such that one is perpendicular to the other. this was found on www.cellsalive.com
