Bundle: Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, 14th + LMS Integrated for MindTap Biology, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card
Bundle: Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, 14th + LMS Integrated for MindTap Biology, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card
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ISBN: 9781305774384
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine: Whether the organism showed is prokaryotic or eukaryotic and also identify the structures in it.

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All living beings are composed of one or more cells to perform the specialized functions. Prokaryotes including bacteria and archaea are unicellular organisms. Eukaryotes include some single-celled and all multicellular organisms. All the cells, either prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells have few common features including the presence of DNA, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes. However, eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles such as nucleus that prokaryotes do not have.

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