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3D rendering of centrioles showing the triplets. In cell biology a centriole is a cylindrical organelle composed mainly of a protein called tubulin. [1] Centrioles are found in most eukaryotic cells, but are not present in conifers (), flowering plants (angiosperms) and most fungi, and are only present in the male gametes of charophytes, bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, cycads, and Ginkgo.
In cell biology, a diplosome refers to the pair of centrioles which are arranged perpendicularly to one another located near the nucleus. [1] The diplosome plays a role in many processes such as in primary cilium development, spermiogenesis of teleosts , and mitosis .
However, the two centrioles are of different ages. This is because one centriole originates from the mother cell while the other is replicated from the mother centriole during the cell cycle. It is possible to distinguish between the two preexisting centrioles because the mother and daughter centriole differ in both shape and function. [5]
Glia, also called glial cells (gliocytes) or neuroglia, are non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) and in the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses.
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This diagram depicts the organization of a typical mitotic spindle found in animal cells. Chromosomes are attached to kinetochore microtubules via a multiprotein complex called the kinetochore . Polar microtubules interdigitate at the spindle midzone and push the spindle poles apart via motor proteins.
When the Supreme Court hears an appeal Wednesday from transgender youths challenging a Tennessee ban on their medical care, fundamental principles forbidding sex discrimination will be on the line.
Britney Spears, center, and sons Sean Federline and Jayden James Federline attend the premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Smurfs 2" at Regency Village Theatre on July 28, 2013, in Westwood, California.