The eukaryotes invented organization, if we use the literal definition of “organize”: to be furnished with organs. Inside a eukaryotic cell are self-contained, membrane-bound bundles that perform ...

Eukaryotes: A new timetable of evolution Date: June 3, 2015 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: The first single-celled organisms with a nucleus originated more than a billion years later ...

In eukaryotes, DNA is tightly wound into a complex called chromatin. Thanks to the process of chromatin remodeling, this complex can be "opened" so that specific genes are expressed.

Even the oldest eukaryote fossils show dazzling diversity and complexity Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and McGill University revealed that eukaryotic organisms had already evolved into a diverse ...

The eukaryotic cell stands out from its two prokaryote peers in many ways. Among them: It has a nucleus filled with its DNA, mitochondria to produce energy and many other membrane-enclosed organelles.

More information: Weiwei Qin et al, Dynamic shape-shifting of the single-celled eukaryotic predator Lacrymaria via unconventional cytoskeletal components, Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j ...

That limb includes all eukaryotes, multi-celled organisms and more complex single-celled organisms with cells that contain specialized mini-organs called organelles.

But these microbes harbor a suite of genes found in eukaryotes which are typically used to remodel intracellular membranes to form vesicles, or for phagocytosis. This “genomic starter kit” could have ...

In eukaryotes, a complex protein scaffolding forms, mainly based on the protein tubulin. Tubulin forms long fibres, which help draw the copied chromosomes towards the poles of the dividing cell.

Surprise! This eukaryote completely lacks mitochondria. Cell Press. Journal Current Biology DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.053 ...