What is the Centrosome?

Question

What do You Mean by Centrosome? Or, Define the Centrosome?

Answer 1

Centrosome : They are the small bodies located near the nucleus.

• It is consist of a dense center containing radiating tubules.
• The centrosomes are made up of microtubules.
• During cell division (mitosis), the centrosomes divides into two parts, which move to the opposite sides of the dividing cell.
• Unlike the centrosomes in animal cells, the plant cell centrosomes do not have centrioles.