CENTRIOLES IN MEGAKARYOCYTES OF MOUSE BONE-MARROW

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (12) , 1436-1438
Abstract
In immature megakaryocytes, centriolar complexes were observed with 8, 16 or 32 centrioles. In maturing and thrombopoietic megakaryocytes, such a centriolar complex was absent, and individual centrioles lie separately in the cytoplasm. The quantity of centrioles in the centriolar complex apparently correlated with the cell ploidy and only the cells with the potential ability to divide have the centriolar complex.