function of a centriole?

[MrMistery]

are you sure you do?
Current models have been unable to find what is it exactly that centrioles do. plant cells not have centrioles and they can generate spindles just fine. if you remove the centriols from an animal cell with a microlaser, a spindle will nevertheless form. this is not to say that centrioles are useless. nothing is useless. but we don't really know what they do. our best guess is that they "somehow" help direct the spindle against the axis of the cell.

[moviestarmoi]

centrioles: produce the microtubules of cilia & flagella & microtubules that form the spindle during cell division.

[MischelS]

Thanks for providing links,they are very helpful.
I am also shearing something about function of a centriole.
Centrioles line up the chromosomes inside the cell and then they pull the chromosomes apart during cell replication.
Structure - nine triplets of microtubules form one centriole
- two centrioles form one centrosome

Function - forms spindle fibres to separate chromosomes during cell
division.

[jwalin]

@michealS
you are nearly right save the part of Mr.Mistery's comment

check if 2 centrioles form 1 centrosome

[jwalin]

centrosome is the region where the centriolles are contained

note: its the region

you could use a dictionary

[jwalin]

@hp_girl9

:roll:

I am a Middle School student and even I know what a centriole is.

that's good
but didn't the question ask the function
but anyways when i was in the middle school even i knew what a centriole and it's function (for cell division) but never knew how?
and another thing i never boasted . but it's okay. when the questioner asked he meant to even know the finer details. i hope;)

[jwalin]

@MrMistery
wow
that's new to me. (most of things are new to me as am just in 12th you know and learning)
can you ellaborate

[GaryGaulin]

Here's an excellent resource on the possible role of centrioles in cellular intelligence:

http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/g-bue ... llint0.htm

From what I know about the topic, a cell can divide without centrioles but cannot develop into an animal due to loss of migration behavior that makes their cells so much more "alive" in comparison to a vegetable that can do fine without a pair of them to help divide the cell and other things:

[kk]

Centrioles also orient in the direction of cell migration during interphase (when the cell is not dividing).