Eukaryotes Flashcards
What is included in Domain Eukaryotes
single and multi-celled organisms cells with membrane bound organelles Cytoskeletons Various forms of energy and nutrient intake complex phylogeny
Protista
the informal name of the kingdom of mostly unicellular eukaryotes
What kind of group is protista
paraphyletic
What are protists
eukaryotes, have organelles and are more complex than bacteria and archaea
What falls under protists
all eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi
Photoautotrophs
contain chloroplasts
Heterotrophs
absorb organic molecules or ingest larger food particles
Mixotrophs
combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition
How do eukaryotes produce
sexually or asexually
Meiosis
Unique to eukaryotes
Much eukaryote diversity has its origins in
endosymbiosis
Mitochandria evolved by
endosymbiosis of an aerobic prokaryote
Plastids evolved by
endosymbiosis of a photosynthetic cyanobacteria
The plastid-bearing lineage of protists evolved into
red algae and green algae
Secondary endosymbiosis
red and green algae underwent, they were ingested by a heterotrophic eukaryote
Excavata
characterized by cytoskeleton
some members have feeding groove
includes diplomonads, parabasalids, and euglenozoans
What is in Excavata
diplomonads, parabasalids, and euglenozoans
Diplomonads
have modified mitochondria called mitosomes
Are often parasites
Parabasalids
Have reduced mitochondria called hydrogenosomes
Include Trichomonas vaginalis, the pathogen that causes yeast infections
Euglenozoa
Have spiral or crystalline rod of unknown function inside their flagella
Kinetoplastids and Euglenids