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Both centrioles in a centrosome lie .......(i)....... to each other and each of them contains .......(ii)....... peripheral fibril with .......(iii)....... arrangement of microtubules.
 
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Options:
  • A (i) parallel (ii) triplet (iii) 9 + 0
  • B (i) perpendicular (ii) doublet (iii) 9 + 2
  • C (i) parallel (ii) doublet (iii) 9 + 0
  • D (i) perpendicular (ii) triplet (iii) 9 + 0
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The correct answer is: (i) perpendicular (ii) triplet (iii) 9 + 0
A centrosome consists of two centrioles that lie perpendicular to each other. It shows a cart wheel-like arrangement having 9 + 0 arrangement in which each peripheral fibril is a triplet.

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