Also known as
  • Eukaryota
Animal, plant, fungi, and protist are eukaryotes ( or ), organism whose cells are organized into complex structures enclosed within membranes. The defining membrane-bound structure which differentiates eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic cells is the nucleus. The presence of a nucleus gives these organisms their name, which comes from the Greek ευ (eu), meaning "good/true", and κάρυον (karyon), "nut". Many eukaryotic cells contain other membrane-bound organelle such as mitochondria, chloroplast... full article at wikipedia

  Biology

Scientific name
  • Eukaryota
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by ejt_bot Jun 25, 2008

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