eukaryotic
eukaryotic adjective: having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
Adjective
eukaryotic (not comparable)
- Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation
- Of or pertaining to a eukaryote.
Noun
eukaryotic (plural eukaryotics)
Examples of eukaryotic in a sentence
- The MCM2–7 proteins can be arranged in a hexaheteromeric complex working as a eukaryotic DNA helicase.
- Among the eukaryotic MIPS sequences, the fungal MIPSs are also tetrameric in nature.
- Cytoplasmon: the total extranuclear genetic information of a eukaryotic cell, excluding that in the mitochondria and plastids.
Forms of eukaryotic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eucaryotic |
| Noun | |
| plural | eukaryotics |
Origin of eukaryotic
From eukaryote + -ic.
Words formed from eukaryotic
Questions about eukaryotic
- What does eukaryotic mean?
- Eukaryotic means having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- What part of speech is eukaryotic?
- Eukaryotic can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near eukaryotic in the dictionary
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