eukaryotic

adjective

eu·kary·ot·ic (ˌ)yü-ˌker-ē-ˈä-tik

-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

Examples of eukaryotic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The fern’s genome is 61,000 times the size of the smallest eukaryotic genome. —

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 See all Example Sentences for eukaryotic

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