Test 2

Question 1

Eukaryotes

Answer 1

• genetic information is enclosed in a membrane-bound nucleus
• It is believed that they evolved from prokaryotes (the endosymbiont theory)
• Undergo mitosis for cell division
• large in size
• have membrane bound organelles

Question 2

Prokaryotes

Answer 2

• bacteria
• don’t have their genetic information enclosed by a nucleus, it just floats freely through out the cytoplasm
• undergo binary fission for cell division- a form of a sexual reproduction, basically the cloning of cells (don’t need mitosis because there is no nucleus to split)
• small in size
• don’t have membrane bound organelles
• believed to have evolved first

Question 3

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Answer 3

Did fly experiment with the sex linked eye color trait