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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 11, 521-541, Copyright © 1972 by Company of Biologists
Submitted on November 24, 1971
Revised on April 10, 1972
1 Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A.
2 Departments of Biological Structure and Zoology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A.; Department of Anatomy, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
3 Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A.; Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Centrioles are present in oogonia and oocytes of hamsters, mice, rats, gerbils and man up to the pachytene stage. In subsequent meiotic stages, centrioles are absent. At the time of germinal vesicle breakdown in the mouse several foci composed of electron-dense fibrillar material from which microtubules radiate appear near the nucleus. These fibrillar aggregates, referred to as microtubule foci, form small asters and collectively perform the role of the spindle pole during the two meiotic divisions. There are multiple centres at each pole and their number may vary. Thus, centrioles are not obligatory organelles of the spindle apparatus.
Submitted on November 24, 1971
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