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    • #396
      meg
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      i don’t understand the difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells

    • #19659
      biostudent84
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      Prokaryotic cells were the first cells. They are much smaller, and are only found in the Kingdom Monera. They have no organelles, no nucleus, and their DNA is circular.

      Eukaryotic cells came later. They are gigantic compared to the Prokaryotic cell. They are found the rest of the kingdoms (Anamalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista). They have organelles, a nucleus, and their DNA is linear.

    • #19660
      thank.darwin
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      Prokaryotic cells only have a cell membrane, DNA, ribosomes, and cytoplasm. eukaryotic cells are compartmentalized and have other organelles and their DNA is all stored in a central “command center” for the cell; the nucleus.

      Does that help?

    • #19661
      thank.darwin
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      quote biostudent84:

      They have no organelles

      They had a cell membrane, ribosomes, and cytoplasm… those are organelles.

    • #19669
      Poison
      Participant

      I think this explanation is more clear:
      They have no membrane bound organelles.

    • #19688
      biomajor
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      a simple way to tell the difference is that prokaryotic cells are single celled and eucaryotic means that it’s mult icelled

    • #19689
      mith
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      That’s wrong. Eukaryotic only means has a nucleus.

    • #19690
      thank.darwin
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      quote biomajor:

      a simple way to tell the difference is that prokaryotic cells are single celled and eucaryotic means that it’s mult icelled

      Most multicellular organisms are made up of eukaryotic cells…. Most Prokaryotic organisms are really small or are only one cell organisms.

    • #19844
      meg
      Participant

      yes, THANKS, that helped a lot.
      but i’m still a little bit confuse about the part about “prokaryotic cells are single celled and eucaryotic means that it’s mult icelled”. is that right or wrong?

    • #19845
      biostudent84
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      Semi-correct. All prokaryotic cells are unicellular organisms. Eukaryotic cells can either be unicelluler (Ameba), or multicellular (Humans).

      Kyle

      P.S. Yes, I DID spell Ameba right…”Ameoba” is the British way of spelling it 😉

    • #20066
      MrMistery
      Participant

      In my bio book it is spelled “Amoeba” so i guess it is correct anyway…

    • #20202
      Tina Hakola
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      The Eukaryotic are highly structured and are larger then the cell of bacteria. They have also developed a specialized packaging and transport mechanisms that may be necessary to support their larger size. These also have specialized compartments (membrane-bound organelles). The prefix eu-means true.

      The Prokaryotic is simple in structure, with no recognizable organelles. They have an outer cell wall that gives them shape. Just under the rigid cell wall is the more fluid cell membrane. The cytoplasm enclosed within the cell membrane does not exhibit much structure when viewed by electron microscopy. These lack membrane-bound organelles. Prokaryotic means before having nucleus.

    • #20209
      nighty
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      Just to help you understand the terms eukaryotes and prokaryotes better:
      The word karyon itself means nucleus. The word eukaryotes means “true nucleus” and the word prokaryotes means “before (pro) and nucleus (karyon)”.

      The basic difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes is that the genetic material of eukaryotes is enclosed in a nucleus whereas the genetic material of prokaryotes is simply suspended into the cytoplasm. There are also other features that distinguish prokaryotes from eukaryotes as outlined in the previous posts above.

    • #77596
      flissfloss
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      quote biostudent84:

      Semi-correct. All prokaryotic cells are unicellular organisms. Eukaryotic cells can either be unicelluler (Ameba), or multicellular (Humans).

      Kyle

      P.S. Yes, I DID spell Ameba right…”Ameoba” is the British way of spelling it 😉

      Are you daft it’s English not British! It’s like me saying that it’s the americas way of saying it!

    • #77602
      mith
      Participant

      You didn’t know that there’s american and british english? color vs colour etc…

    • #77904
      baitianlong
      Participant

      That’s true… Like behaviour/behavior, analyse/analyze, center/centre, travelling/traveling

    • #77907
      mcar
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      Life is immeasurable.. that’s being BIO.
      Cells are really incredibly, so SIGNIFICANT.
      How life is so diversed… two footing points, from prokaryotic and eukaryotic functional units!

    • #77908
      mcar
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      We call our members in our organization, "KA-BIO" sounds like "KABAYO" which means "horse". "KA-BIO" means, my fellow BIO member.
      When non-bio people here that, they laugh since they think of the horse "thing". Only KA-BIOs knows what it mean!

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