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    The eukaryotes ( / juːˈkærioʊts, - əts / yoo-KARR-ee-ohts, -⁠əts) constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus. All animals, plants, fungi, and many unicellular organisms are eukaryotes.

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    Eukaryotes are organisms whose bodies are made up of eukaryotic cells, such as protists, fungi, plants and animals. Eukaryotic cells are cells that contain a nucleus and organelles, and are enclosed by a plasma membrane. Organisms with eukaryotic cells are grouped into the biological domain Eukaryota (also sometimes called Eukarya). The other two d...

    There are four types of eukaryotes: animals, plants, fungi, and protists. Protists are a group of organisms defined as being eukaryotic but not animals, plants, or fungi; this group includes protozoa, slime molds, and some algae. Protists and fungi are usually unicellular, while animals and plants are multicellular. Unicellular eukaryotes can repro...

    Eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic cells between 1.6 and 2.7 billion years ago. Today, all complex organisms and most multicellular ones are eukaryotes, making this evolution a major event in the history of life on Earth. There are about 75 separate lineages of eukaryotes, most of which evolved into protists. Eukaryotes are more closely rela...

    While eukaryotes are complex, usually multicellular organisms that have eukaryotic cells, prokaryotes are usually single-celled organisms that have simpler prokaryotic cells. Eukaryotes include all complex lifeforms including protozoa, plants, fungi, and animals, while prokaryotes are microscopic, mostly single-celled lifeforms, either archaea or b...

    Eukaryotic Cell– a cell that has organelles inside it, including a true nucleus surrounded by a nuclear envelope.
    Prokaryote– an organism, such as archaea or bacteria, that has prokaryotic cells.
    Nuclear Envelope– found only in eukaryotic cells, a membrane that separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm (the rest of the cell).
    Mitochondria– an organelle where cellular respiration takes place and energy is produced.

    1. Which is a theory of the evolution of mitochondria outlined in this article? A. Free-living bacteria were incorporated into cells. B. Mitochondria were formed from partial infoldings of the cell membrane. C. Mitochondria evolved when an archaeon and a bacterium merged. D.All of the above 2. Which is NOT a characteristic of a eukaryotic cell? A. ...

  2. Apr 19, 2024 · eukaryote, any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. The eukaryotic cell has a nuclear membrane that surrounds the nucleus, in which the well-defined chromosomes (bodies containing the hereditary material) are located. Eukaryotic cells also contain organelles, including mitochondria (cellular energy exchangers), a Golgi ...

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  3. The three-domain system is a taxonomic classification system that groups all cellular life into three domains, namely Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, introduced by Carl Woese, Otto Kandler and Mark Wheelis in 1990. [1] The key difference from earlier classifications such as the two-empire system and the five-kingdom classification is the ...

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  5. An eukaryote is an organism with complex cells, or a single cell with complex structures. In these cells the genetic material is organized into chromosomes in the cell nucleus . Animals, plants, algae and fungi are all eukaryotes. There are also eukaryotes amongst single-celled protists. In contrast, simpler organisms, such as bacteria and ...

  6. Biol. Rev. 68:173-186) The three domains of life ( Archaea, Eubacteria and Eukarya) quickly supplanted the older division of living things into Five Kingdoms, the Monera (prokaryotes), Protista, Fungi, Plants, and Animals (all eukaryotes!). In a final surprise, the sequences of archaebacterial genes clearly indicate a common ancestry of archaea ...

  7. eukaryote. Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. There is a wide range of eukaryotic organisms, including all animals, plants, fungi, and ...

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