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The 72 pages that link to Eukaryote, each with the reason it gives.
Endosymbiotic theoryNarrower topic: The theory concerns how key compartments of eukaryotic cells originated.
Saccharomyces cerevisiaeNarrower topic: S. cerevisiae is a eukaryote, despite being single-celled.
YeastNarrower topic: Yeast cells have nuclei and organelles, unlike bacteria.
ArcheanNarrower topic: Eukaryotes arose later, in a world whose chemistry had been transformed since the Archean.
FungusNarrower topic: Fungi are eukaryotes, sharing this basic cellular organization with plants and animals.
AnimalNarrower topic: Animals belong to this broad group of organisms with complex cells.
DiatomNarrower topic: Diatoms are eukaryotic cells with specialized internal compartments.
FungiNarrower topic: Fungi belong to this broad group of cellular life.
ForaminiferaNarrower topic: Foraminifera are eukaryotic cells with complex internal organization.
OrganelleNarrower topic: Membrane-bound organelles characterize eukaryotic cell organization.
ArchaeplastidaNarrower topic: Archaeplastida is one major branch within the diversity of eukaryotes.
MicroorganismNarrower topic: Many microorganisms, including protists, fungi, and algae, are eukaryotes.
EndosymbiosisNarrower topic: Eukaryotic cells are the hosts in the best-known organelle-forming endosymbioses.
ProtistNarrower topic: Protists are eukaryotes, distinguished from bacteria and archaea by their cellular organization.
Lynn MargulisNarrower topic: The cell type whose evolutionary origins Margulis’s theory sought to explain.
EukaryogenesisNarrower topic: Eukaryogenesis names the evolutionary process that produced this cellular domain.
StramenopileNarrower topic: Stramenopiles are eukaryotes, despite spanning microscopic plankton, seaweeds, and pathogens.
PlantNarrower topic: Plants are eukaryotes, with nuclei and organelles such as chloroplasts.
OpisthokontaNarrower topic: Opisthokonta is one major branch within this broader domain of life.
AlgaeNarrower topic: Most organisms called algae are eukaryotes, despite their wide evolutionary separation.
ChoanoflagellateNarrower topic: Choanoflagellates are eukaryotes, with the cellular organization shared by animals.
SAR supergroupNarrower topic: SAR is one of the major groupings within this broader domain of life.
AmoebaNarrower topic: Amoebas are eukaryotes, unlike bacteria and archaea.
ApicomplexaNarrower topic: Apicomplexans are eukaryotes with complex cellular machinery despite being single-celled.
Cell nucleusNarrower topic: The nucleus is a defining feature of eukaryotic cell organization.
EuglenidNarrower topic: Euglenids share the defining cellular organization of eukaryotes.
MulticellularityNarrower topic: Most familiar multicellular organisms are eukaryotes.
AlveolataNarrower topic: Alveolata is a lineage within the eukaryotes.
Entamoeba histolyticaNarrower topic: As a eukaryotic parasite, E. histolytica differs fundamentally from bacterial pathogens.
LeishmaniaNarrower topic: Leishmania has a nucleus and mitochondrion, unlike bacteria.
Trypanosoma bruceiNarrower topic: As a eukaryotic parasite, T. brucei has cellular machinery unlike that of bacteria.
AmoebozoaNarrower topic: Amoebozoa belongs to the eukaryotes, whose cellular organization frames its classification.
ChromalveolataNarrower topic: Chromalveolata is a proposed grouping within the diversity of eukaryotes.
ParameciumNarrower topic: Paramecium's cell has a nucleus and membrane-bound compartments.
RadiolariaNarrower topic: Radiolarians have nuclei and the cellular organization characteristic of eukaryotes.
ZooxanthellaeNarrower topic: Zooxanthellae have eukaryotic cells with a nucleus and chloroplasts.
Dictyostelium discoideumNarrower topic: Dictyostelium belongs to the eukaryotic lineage despite its simple, amoeba-like form.
EuglenaNarrower topic: Euglena’s nucleus and organelles place it among eukaryotes.
EuglenozoaNarrower topic: Euglenozoa belongs to the broad domain defined by cells with nuclei.
OpisthokontNarrower topic: Opisthokonts are one major branch of eukaryotic life.
RhizariaNarrower topic: Rhizarians belong to the broad domain of life defined by these cellular features.
CiliateNarrower topic: Ciliates belong to this broad group of organisms.
Giardia duodenalisNarrower topic: Giardia is a eukaryotic parasite despite its unusually reduced cellular features.
MicrosporidiaNarrower topic: Microsporidia are eukaryotes, despite having highly reduced cellular features.
Thomas Cavalier-SmithNarrower topic: His classifications organized the diversity of organisms with this cell type.
ExcavataNarrower topic: Excavata is proposed as a major grouping within this broad domain of life.
KinetoplastidNarrower topic: Kinetoplastids belong to the broad lineage of organisms with complex cells.
Schizosaccharomyces pombeNarrower topic: Its conserved cellular machinery makes it a model for eukaryotic biology.
ChlamydomonasNarrower topic: Chlamydomonas cells have a nucleus and organelles, including chloroplasts and mitochondria.
ChromistaNarrower topic: Chromista is proposed as one kingdom within the eukaryotes.