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An organelle located in the cytoplasm of all animal cells and many plants, fungi, and protozoa, that controls the polymerization, position, and polar...


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Figure 1.Centrosome of a mammalian cell. Many microtubules radiate from the cloud of pericentriolar material which surrounds one of the two centrioles. (Courtesy of Kent McDonald)
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Figure 2.Developing mitotic spindle in the alga Stephanopyxis turris. The microtubules are asymmetrically distributed around each centrosome (spindle pole). (Courtesy of Kent McDonald)
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