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Eukarya

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noun

The domain comprised of eukaryotes or organisms whose cells contain a true nucleus.


Supplement

Eukarya (or Eukaryota) is one in the three-domain system of biological classification introduced by Carl Woese in 1990. The other two are Archaea and Bacteria.


Related terms: eukaryote (noun).

Synonym: Eukaryota.
Compare: Archaea, Bacteria.
See also: eukaryote.


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help please 1

... on them :roll: This one is good one All organisms except Bacteria and Archaea (including plants, animals, fungi and protists) are in the domain Eukarya- they are eukaryotes and have eukaryotic cells- In brackets are they Bacteria and Archaea or are not Bacteria and Archaea? It's like saying ...

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by JackBean
Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:27 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help please 1
Replies: 9
Views: 3131

Re: help please 1

how about these? Lecture 4 - All organisms except Bacteria and Archaea (including plants, animals, fungi and protists) are in the domain Eukarya- they are eukaryotes and have eukaryotic cells- In brackets are they Bacteria and Archaea or are not Bacteria and Archaea? - The term ‘karyote’ means ...

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by Stephen1993
Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:19 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help please 1
Replies: 9
Views: 3131

Re: origin of eukaryotic cell

... similarity is any measure of evolutionary relatedness then the divergence in FtsZ and tubulin will place the archea and eubacteria away from eukarya. No doubt there are lot of evidences to support the merger theory but what has not been clearly established is the origin of cytoskeletal elements ...

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by manohara
Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:18 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: origin of eukaryotic cell
Replies: 2
Views: 2705

Re: Single Universal ancestor of biology

... phospholipids for membranes (glycerol-ester lipids) as eubacteria (which is probably from HGT from the endosymbiosis that lead to mitochondria), Eukarya appears to have originated from within the Archaea? In short, is there anything in your model that simplifies it and gives it better explanatory ...

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by mamoru
Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:46 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Single Universal ancestor of biology
Replies: 5
Views: 6046

Re: characteristics of the six kingdoms

... I do not remember the conclusion. Anyway, about the number of kingdoms. You can put all into one kingdom and than have lets say three subkingdoms (eukarya, eubacteria, archea) and than divide them into many more clades or you can divide them immediately into 6 kingdoms (as are presented here) a ...

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by JackBean
Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:48 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: characteristics of the six kingdoms
Replies: 18
Views: 52912
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