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noun

centriole

one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis

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  • Under the electron beam the tiny barrel stood out clearly, and the student identified each centriole by its rotational symmetry.

    Science

  • A mutation that duplicates the centriole leaves dividing tissue with crooked spindles and chromosomes scattered toward the wrong poles.

    Medicine

  • Time-lapse microscopy shows each centriole drifting to an opposite pole minutes before the two daughters finally separate.

    Photography

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