EUKARYOTE

yookârˈē-ōtˌ, a cell or organism composed of cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles and genetic material organized in chromosomes in which the DNA is combined with histone proteins. Eukaryotes are contrasted with the prokaryotes (see Monera). In the five-kingdom system of classification, the eukaryotes have comprised the taxonomic kingdoms Protista, Fungi, Plantae (see plant), and Animalia (see animal). In a recently proposed system they are called the eukarya and classified as an overarching group (domain) above the kingdom level.

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books on: Eukaryote  - 74 results

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Vital Dust: Life as a Cosmic Imperative
Book by Christian De Duve; Basic Books, 1995
Subjects: Evolution (Biology), Life (Biology), Life--Origin
...Chapter 15 The Making of a Eukaryote 137 The Prokaryote-Eukaryote Transition; Giardia, a Living Fossil...the Single Cell was the prokaryote- eukaryote transition, the transformation of an...
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Evolutionary Systems and Society: A General Theory of Life, Mind, and Culture
Book by Vilmos Csányi; Duke University Press, 1989
Subjects: Evolution (Biology), Social Evolution
...54 The autogenesis of eukaryotes 67 The Evolution...prokaryotes 79 A model of multicellular evolution from eukaryotes 81 Ontogenesis of multicellular...
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Understanding Evolution
Book by Earl D. Hanson; Oxford University Press, 1981
Subjects: Evolution (Biology)
...kinds of cells: the prokaryote and the eukaryote. A major difference between them is the...prokaryote cells and its presence in eukaryote cells. There are also other differences...these two kinds of cells, and within the eukaryotes there are certain differences between...
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Process and Pattern in Evolution
Book by Charlotte J. Avers; Oxford University Press, 1989
Subjects: Evolution (Biology)
...World , 108 Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes , 108 Differences in Subcellular...Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, and Eukaryotes , 130 Some Eukaryotic Themes in Evolution , 135...
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The Age of Science: What Scientists Learned in the 20th Century
Book by Gerard Piel, Peter Bradford; Basic Books, 2001
Subjects: Science--History--20th Century
...transforms solar energy 283 Respiration transforms chemical energy 300 -301 Eukaryotes originated in symbiosis of prokaryotes 305 Eukaryote genes are conveyed Chapter 6 Earth History and the Evolution of Life...
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journal articles on: Eukaryote  - 2 results

 
 
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Origin of Genetic Information and Evolution of Biological Species
Journal article by Pallacken Abdul Wahid; Islam & Science, Vol. 3, 2005
Subjects: Evolution (Biology)--Genetic aspects, Evolution--Genetic aspects, Gene mutation--Analysis, Gene mutations--Analysis, Genomes, Life--Origin, Natural selection--Analysis, Origin of life
...existence of more than 95% of DNA in the eukaryote genomes as non-coding meaningless DNA...Archaea, modern bacteria and later to eukaryotes. However comparisons of DNA sequences...elements are present in all prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Several specific enzymes are involved...
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Computational Molecular Biology
Journal article by Wing Hung Wong; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 95, 2000
Subjects: Biotechnology industries--Methods, Biotechnology industry--Methods, Molecular biology--Methods, Statistics (Data)--Research, Statistics (Mathematics), Statistics--Research
...the bacteria E. coli and A. aeolicus. Fourth row: RPL1B from the eukaryote budding yeast. The *s mark a candidate RNA binding motif identified...


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magazine articles on: Eukaryote  - 3 results

 
 
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A Means to an End: The Molecular Basis of Aging
Magazine article by William R. Clark; World and I, Vol. 13, June 1998
Subjects: Aging, Aging--Molecular aspects, Molecular biology
...programmed" death in the simplest unicellular eukaryotes, such as paramecia and yeast, all the...prokaryotes gave rise to the more complex eukaryotes (unicellular and multicellular organisms...contain distinct nuclei). It is in the eukaryotes that we first see aging and compulsory...
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Us and Them, Nature and Humanism
Magazine article by Eugenie C. Scott; Free Inquiry, Vol. 13, Spring 1993
Subjects: Evolution--Evaluation, Humanism--Philosophy, Philosophy of nature--Analysis
...species. It shows us how very similar life on Earth truly is. (As my friend biochemist Bill Thwaites says, "Youve seen one eukaryote, youve seen them all.") I think the facts of science require us to evolve a relationship with the rest of nature that more...
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The Empire Underground
Magazine article by David W. Wolfe; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 25, Spring 2001
Subjects: DNA--Research, Evolution--Research, Genetic research--Analysis, Life--Origin, RNA--Research, Scientists--Discovery, exploration, etc., Woese, Carl--Discovery, exploration, etc.
...superkingdoms" based on cellular structure: the eukaryotes, which have cells with a well-formed...protozoa, are within the super-kingdom of eukaryotes; only the bacteria are prokaryotes...Occasionally he would dabble with the eukaryotes, members of the other four branches...


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encyclopedia articles on: Eukaryote  - 3 results

 
 
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Eukaryote
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EUKARYOTE yookar e-ot , a cell or organism composed of cells that have a membrane-bound nucleus...material organized in chromosomes in which the DNA is combined with histone proteins. Eukaryotes are contrasted with the prokaryotes (see Monera ). Eukaryotes formed through the merger of prokaryotes, which predate them in the fossil record by...
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Monera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...archaea. Monera has been contrasted with the kingdoms of eukaryotic organisms (protists, fungi, plants, and animals; see eukaryote ). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...
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Bacteria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...membrane surrounding a defined nucleus as there is in the eukaryotic cells of protists, fungi, plants, and animals (see eukaryote ). In addition to the nucleoid, the bacterial cell may include one or more plasmids, separate circular strands of DNA that...


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