Eukaryotic cell” redirects here. For the journal, see Eukaryotic Cell (journal). Eukaryotes (/juːˈkærioʊts, -əts/) are organismswhose cells have a nucleus enclosed within a nuclear envelope.[3][4][5] Eukaryotes belong to the domainEukaryota or Eukarya; their name comes from the Greek εὖ (eu, “well” or “good”) and κάρυον (karyon, “nut” or “kernel”).[6] The domain Eukaryota makes up one of the domains of life in the three-domain system; the two other domains are Bacteria and Archaea,[7] which are prokaryotes (cellular organisms without a nucleus).[8] Eukaryotes representContinue reading “Eukaryotes”
