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What (who) is eucaryote - definition
eucaryote
![The most common type of [[plastid]] is the [[chloroplast]], which contains [[chlorophyll]] and produces organic compounds by [[photosynthesis]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chloroplast structure.svg?width=200 "The most common type of [[plastid]] is the [[chloroplast]], which contains [[chlorophyll]] and produces organic compounds by [[photosynthesis]].")
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![Reconstruction of ''[[Diskagma buttonii]]'', a terrestrial fossil less than 1mm high, from rocks 2.2 billion years old](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diskagma butonii.jpg?width=200 "Reconstruction of ''[[Diskagma buttonii]]'', a terrestrial fossil less than 1mm high, from rocks 2.2 billion years old")
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![The cytoskeleton. [[Actin filaments]] are shown in red, [[microtubules]] in green. (The nucleus is in blue.)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FluorescentCells.jpg?width=200 "The cytoskeleton. [[Actin filaments]] are shown in red, [[microtubules]] in green. (The nucleus is in blue.)")
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![life cycle]] that alternates between a [[haploid]] phase, with one copy of each [[chromosome]] in the cell, and a [[diploid]] phase, with two copies. In eukaryotes, haploid [[gamete]]s are produced by [[meiosis]]; two gametes fuse to form a diploid [[zygote]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sexual cycle N-2N.svg?width=200 "life cycle]] that alternates between a [[haploid]] phase, with one copy of each [[chromosome]] in the cell, and a [[diploid]] phase, with two copies. In eukaryotes, haploid [[gamete]]s are produced by [[meiosis]]; two gametes fuse to form a diploid [[zygote]].")
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![[[Prokaryote]]s (small cylindrical cells, [[bacteria]], on left) and a single-celled eukaryote, ''[[Paramecium]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gram-negative Bacteria and Paramecium forming cyst.jpg?width=200 "[[Prokaryote]]s (small cylindrical cells, [[bacteria]], on left) and a single-celled eukaryote, ''[[Paramecium]]''")
![Coast redwood]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/California Redwood National Park (216450575).jpeg?width=200 "Coast redwood]]")
![[[Blue whale]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anim1754 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library (rotated).jpg?width=200 "[[Blue whale]]")
TAXONOMIC GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE A CELL NUCLEUS ENCLOSED WITHIN A NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
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¦ noun variant spelling of eukaryote.
eukaryote
TAXONOMIC GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE A CELL NUCLEUS ENCLOSED WITHIN A NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
Eukaryotic cell; Eukaryotes; Eukaryotic; Eukarotic; Eukarya; Eucaryote; Animal cell; Eucaryotic; Eukaryotic cells; Eukaryont; Eukaryonts; Endokaryotic hypothesis; Eucaryota; Eucarionte; Eucariont; Eucariote; Eukarionte; Eukariote; Eukariont; Eukaryotae; Eucytota; Domain Eukarya; Eukarya Domain; Eukaryotic Cells; Eucaryotic cells; Eukaryota; Eukaryocyte; Eucaryotes; Fungus cell; Fungal cell; You carry oats; Eukaryotic organism; Evolution of eukaryotes; Origin of eukaryotes; Eukaryote cell; Eukaryotic Cell; Phagotrophic hypothesis; Syntrophic hypothesis; Eukaryotic signature protein; Evolutionary history of eukaryotes
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(also eucaryote)
¦ noun Biology an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus (that is, all living organisms other than the bacteria and archaea). Compare with prokaryote.
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eukaryotic adjective
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