Presence of multiple centrioles in a rhesus macaque oocyte matured in vitro.
This report demonstrates for the first time the presence of centrioles in a rhesus macaque oocyte which had attained meiotic maturation in culture. The exceptional presence of centrioles in this oocyte was associated with anomalous patterns of chromosomal and spindle organization.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008251:Macaca; D008540:Meiosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure*