title: Centrosomes: Sic transit gloria centri.
abstract: Centrosomes are thought to ensure spindle bipolarity and thus correct chromosome segregation during mitosis, but recent studies indicate that somatic cells have an alternative mechanism that enables them to form a bipolar spindle and segregate chromosomes independently of centrosomes.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany. hyman@embl-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hyman
mesh_terms: D018385:Centrosome; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D008941:Spindle Apparatus