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Eukaryotes Research Paper

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Eukaryotes are formally the taxon Eukarya or Eukaryota. The defining membrane-bound structure that sets eukaryotic cells apart from prokaryotic cells is the nucleus, or nuclear envelope, within which the genetic material is contained.
The prokaryotes are a group of organisms whose cells lack a membrane-bound nucleus (karyon). Those organisms whose cells have a well-defined membrane bound nucleus and organelles are called eukaryotes.
Eukaryote cells are larger in diameter than prokaryote cells. Eukaryotes have a true nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles. The cell walls of prokaryotes are thick as compared to that of a eukaryote, which may or may not be present. Eukaryotes have a cytoskeleton. Prokaryotes do not. Cell division in eukaryotes
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