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eukaryotic

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eukaryotic /eu·kary·ot·ic/ (u?kar-e-ot´ik) pertaining to a eukaryon or to a eukaryote.
eukaryotic
pertaining to eukaryosis.

eukaryotic cells
see cell.
eukaryotic transcription

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The recent completion of sequencing projects for the genomes of humans and several model organisms has provided, for the first time, a glimpse of the information required for the diversity of eukaryotic life.
In subsequent chapters, the emphasis is placed on bacterial pathogens; only 1 chapter is dedicated to viruses and none to eukaryotic pathogens (only the introductory paragraphs in chapter 1) or to nonpathogenic microorganisms of any kind.
On the other hand, the findings suggest that meiosis was establisbed early in eukaryotic evolution, making sexual reproduction "a very central feature of being a eukaryote," says Logsdon.
 
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