In this article, you’ll learn how eukaryotic cells operate, providing a solid foundation for understanding how life functions at a microscopic level.

A decade ago, the existence of Asgard archaea was unknown. However, in 2015, researchers analyzing deep-sea sediments uncovered gene fragments that suggested the presence of a new, previously ...

Do eukaryotic cells have a nucleus? Of all the eukaryotic organelles, the nucleus is the most critical. The mere presence of a nucleus is considered one of the defining features of a eukaryotic cell.

So much science starts with deciphering a genome, the blueprint for every being on Earth. With such roadmaps in hand, ...

The eukaryotic cell, the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth, emerged as a phase transition and unlocked the path toward other major transitions ...

Arrival of the Asgards. After receiving her PhD in 2013, evolutionary microbiologist Anja Spang was shopping around for a postdoc. For her dissertation, Spang had studied a group of archaea called the ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...

Eukaryotic cells are ordinarily larger (10 – 100um) than prokaryotic cells (1 – 10um). Cell arrangement. Eukaryotes are often multicellular whereas prokaryotes are unicellular.

Eukaryotic cells—that is, cells with a nucleus—possess an astounding ability to radically change their shape and their cytoskeleton, allowing them to migrate through tiny pores and ...

C urrent hypotheses suggest that all life on Earth evolved from a common ancestor that diversified into the variety of organisms seen today. Scientists propose that the eukaryotic branch of this ...

Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Scientists created the world’s first synthetic eukaryotic genome from S. cerevisiae and a new-to-nature tRNA neochromosome ...