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Do plant cells have centrioles?

Answer 1

lower plants have but higher plants lack it

When comparing plant cells to animal cells, it is observed that plants lack centrioles and have wider spindles in the poles.

To understand this, research is still being conducted.

The centriole, which is located at the base of the flagella on lower plants, facilitates both cell movement and division.

Plants have broad spindles that form from the following: 1. the centrosome

Polar organizers

Plasmid microtubule organizing centers, or MTOCs

MTOCs in the nuclear envelope

Please read The Pleiomorphic Plant MTOC: An Evolutionary Perspective for more information.

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Answer 2

Piper Anderson

The microtubule-organizing center (MTOC), which functions similarly to centrioles but has a different structure, is where plant cells organize their microtubules instead of having centrioles as such.

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