Table I.

Examples of studies on acentrosomal somatic cells

Species/cell	Approach	Main finding	Reference
Monkey/CVG-2	Laser microsurgery	A bipolar mitotic spindle is formed in the absence of centrosomes.	Khodjakov et al., 2000
Fly	Mutant of DSas-4	Centrosomes are not necessary for the development of the fly.	Basto et al., 2006
Monkey/BSC-1	Needle microsurgery	The fidelity of the bipolar mitotic spindle is highly compromised in the absence of centrosomes.	Hornick et al., 2011
Chicken/DT40	Knockout of CEP152/STIL	Centrosome loss leads to delays in spindle formation and high rates of chromosomal instability.	Sir et al., 2013