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    is a proposed superphylum belonging to the domain Archaea that contain eukaryotic signature proteins. It appears that the eukaryotes, the domain that contains...
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    occur in other organisms. Some publications suggest that archaeal or eukaryotic lipid remains are present in shales dating from 2.7 billion years ago...
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    ancestor that was a single-celled eukaryotic species. Sexual reproduction is widespread in eukaryotes, though a few eukaryotic species have secondarily lost...
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  • interest to biologists because the three known varieties of flagella – (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaeal) each represent a sophisticated cellular structure...
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  • and repressors, eukaryotic genes are said to be 'default off', whereas prokaryotic genes are 'default on'. The core promoter of eukaryotic genes typically...
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    ancestors of eukaryotic cells, which were themselves possibly related to the Archaea. This involved the engulfment by proto-eukaryotic cells of alphaproteobacterial...
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    of genes for homologous recombination in protists—a diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms—has been interpreted as evidence that homologous recombination...
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    Ceramides are found in high concentrations within the cell membrane of eukaryotic cells, since they are component lipids that make up sphingomyelin, one...
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    Trichomonas vaginalis is not known to undergo meiosis, a key stage of the eukaryotic sexual cycle. However, when Malik et al. examined Trichomonas vaginalis...
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  • cells and other eukaryotic organisms. The arrangement of cellulose and other polysaccharides in a plant cell wall Cell types: eukaryotic cell (left) and...
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