eukaryotes vs prokaryotes Flashcards

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example animal

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eukaryotes: animal, plant, fungi, protist cells
prokaryotes: bacteria and archaea

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nucleus

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eukaryotes: present- membrane bound
prokaryotes: absent

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cell size

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eukaryotes: large
prokaryotes: small

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dna replication

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eukaryotes: highly regulated with selective origins and sequences
prokaryotes: replicates entire genome at once

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organism type

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eukaryotes: usually multicellular
prokaryotes: unicellular

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chromosomes

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eukaryotes: more than one
prokaryotes: one long single loop of dna and plasmid

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ribosomes

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eukaryotes: large, growth rate is slow
prokaryotes: small, growth rate fast

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ability to store heredity info

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eukaryotes: yes
prokaryotes: yes

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cytoplasm

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eukaryotes: present
prokaryotes: present

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cell wall

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eukaryotes: simple, only in plants and fungi
prokaryotes: complex, present in all

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