eukaryotic
adjective
eu·kary·ot·ic
(ˌ)yü-ˌker-ē-ˈä-tik 
-ˌka-rē-
-ˌka-rē-
: of, relating to, or being an organism (as of the domain Eukarya) composed of one or more cells containing visibly evident nuclei and organelles : being or characteristic of a eukaryote
eukaryotic cells
eukaryotic species
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The fern’s genome is 61,000 times the size of the smallest eukaryotic genome.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
In a small population, eukaryotic genomes tend to balloon, duplicating genes and adding more DNA.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
Bingham and Ratcliff suggest that the way prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes respond to population size may make or break their chances of evolving multicellularity.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
The Tools for the Job Here is what happens when a eukaryotic cell dooms itself to die.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
The search for answers about the origin of eukaryotic apoptosis seems to be drawing researchers deeper into the bacterial world.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
But gene regulation in complex metazoans — animals like humans, with complex eukaryotic cells — doesn’t generally seem to work this way.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
For example, eukaryotic cells attach chemical tags and proteins called histones to hide away parts of the genome.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
The researchers named the eukaryotic version of this mysterious gene Fanzor instead of TnpB.
Researchers have found Fanzor genes in a variety of eukaryotic life forms.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
In a small population, eukaryotic genomes tend to balloon, duplicating genes and adding more DNA.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
Bingham and Ratcliff suggest that the way prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes respond to population size may make or break their chances of evolving multicellularity.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2024
The Tools for the Job Here is what happens when a eukaryotic cell dooms itself to die.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
The search for answers about the origin of eukaryotic apoptosis seems to be drawing researchers deeper into the bacterial world.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
But gene regulation in complex metazoans — animals like humans, with complex eukaryotic cells — doesn’t generally seem to work this way.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
For example, eukaryotic cells attach chemical tags and proteins called histones to hide away parts of the genome.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
The researchers named the eukaryotic version of this mysterious gene Fanzor instead of TnpB.
Researchers have found Fanzor genes in a variety of eukaryotic life forms.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Eukaryotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eukaryotic. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
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