what are centrioles?

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what are centrioles?

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Centrioles are found in most of the eukaryotic  cells. 

Centrioles are surrounded by pericentriolar material in a cell ,together they form centrosome.

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Centrioles are cylinderical shaped organelle  that are mainly composed  of tubulin  protein.

Centrioles are made up of 9 set of microtubule triplets which are arranged in cylinderical shape. They are perpendicular and found in pairs , that is angle between two centrioles is 90°.

 

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