Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic organelles into their own bodies. The organelles continue to perform ...

For example, nerve cells send signals, while muscle cells produce movement. Because of this specialization, eukaryotic cells are vital to growth, development, and repair in the human body. Studying ...

For example, we’re unclear on which of the many unique features of the modern eukaryote came before and which came after that first incidence of endosymbiosis.

The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Bacteria have lots of tricks up their ...

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as experts on the entangled ...

Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms that lack membrane-bound structures. This article details the structure of prokaryotic cells and provides examples of prokaryotic organisms.

Following is the example of Spades Assembly of 15.5m sample of Lake Cadagno mapped to different samples (5m, 9m, 11m, 13m, 15mw, 15mm, 15.5m, 17m). There are total of eight metagenomics samples ...

All animals, plants, fungi and protists — which collectively make up the domain of life called eukaryotes — have genomes with a peculiar feature that has puzzled researchers for almost half a century: ...

If so, by the time the ancient host engulfed the precursor of mitochondria, it would have already possessed many eukaryotic features, perhaps including some organelles, the internal compartments ...

Investigate the differences between prokaryotes and the more complex eukaryotes. Examine differences in the structure of these types of cells — how they move, digest food and deal with water ...