title: Mother centrioles are kicked out so that starfish zygote can grow.
abstract: Most oocytes eliminate their centrioles during meiotic divisions through unclear mechanisms. In this issue, Borrego-Pinto et al. (2016. J Cell. Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201510083) show that mother centrioles need to be eliminated from starfish oocytes by extrusion into the polar bodies for successful embryo development.
authors.affiliation: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UMR7241, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale-U1050, Paris F-75005, France marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr.
authors.forename: Marie-Hélène
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Verlhac
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002502:Centrioles / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008540:Meiosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D013215:Starfish / Q000502:physiology*