are centrioles only in animal cells?
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Centrioles. Found only in animal cells, these paired organelles are typically located together near the nucleus in the centrosome, a granular mass that serves as an organizing center for microtubules. ... Though centrioles play a role in the mitosis of animal cells, plant cells are able to reproduce without them.
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Plant cells lack centrioles or spindle pole bodies except in their flagellate male gametes, and they are entirely absent in the conifers and flowering plants. Instead, the nuclear envelope itself appears to function as the main MTOC for microtubule nucleation and spindle organization during plant cell mitosis.
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Animal cells have centrioles, centrosomes (discussed under the cytoskeleton), and lysosomes, whereas plant cells do not. Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, plasmodesmata, and plastids used for storage, and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not.
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Plant cells have plasmodesmata, a cell wall, a large central vacuole, chloroplasts, and plastids. Animal cells have lysosomes and centrosomes.
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While both are necessary for a cell to divide into two new identical cells, a centrosome is an amorphous structure containing two centrioles while a centriole is an organelle with an intricate microstructure.
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Most organelles are common to both animal and plant cells. However, plant cells also have features that animal cells do not have: a cell wall, a large central vacuole, and plastids such as chloroplasts.
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Centrioles and flagella are alike in that they are made up of microtubules. In centrioles, two rings of nine microtubule “triplets” are arranged at right angles to one another. This arrangement does not occur in flagella. How do cilia and flagella differ?
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Cilia, flagella, and centrioles. Cilia and flagella are projections from the cell. They are made up of microtubules , as shown in this cartoon and are covered by an extension of the plasma membrane. They are motile and designed either to move the cell itself or to move substances over or around the cell.
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Like Cilia and Flagella, Centrioles are also made of microtubules. The difference is that they contain 9 sets of triplets and no doublet in the center. How the triplets in the basal body turn into the cilium doublet remains a mystery. Centrioles come in pairs, each organized at right angles to the other.
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While both animal and plant cells have microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), animal cells also have centrioles associated with the MTOC: a complex called the centrosome. Animal cells each have a centrosome and lysosomes, whereas plant cells do not.
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Each centriole is a symmetrical structure of nine microtubules arranged in a hollow cylinder. Each microtubule has two partial microtubules attached to it, and the two centrioles are located in the middle of the centrosome, arranged at right angles to each other.
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Centriole. Centrioles are paired barrel-shaped organelles located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope. Centrioles play a role in organizing microtubules that serve as the cell's skeletal system. They help determine the locations of the nucleus and other organelles within the cell.
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A cilium is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Cilia are slender protuberances that project from the much larger cell body. ... A flagellum is a lash-like appendage that protrudes from the cell body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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Animal cells have centrosomes (or a pair of centrioles), and lysosomes, whereas plant cells do not. Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, plasmodesmata, and plastids used for storage, and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not.
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This organelle is only found in animal cells not plant cells. ... In contrary, there are organelles that plant cells have that animal cells do not; such as plastids (leucoplasts, chromoplasts, and chloroplasts), a central vacuole, and a cell wall. A central vacuole is needed to store water for the plant to live.
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Motile, "9+2", cilia are found only on certain cells in the vertebrate body, e.g., the epithelia lining the airways. But almost every cell in mammals has — or had — a single primary cilium. The primary cilium grows out of the older of the two centrioles that the cell inherited following mitosis [Link].
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Animal cells each have a centrosome and lysosomes, whereas plant cells do not. Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts and other specialized plastids, and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not.