This closeness allows prokaryotic cells to rapidly respond to environmental change by quickly altering the types and amount of proteins they manufacture. Note that eukaryotic cells likely evolved ...

2006), there is no clear correspondence between genome size and number of protein-coding genes—another indication that the number of genes in a eukaryotic genome reveals little about organismal ...

While there was only a single Asgard genome a few years ago, today there are hundreds ... Correction (October 18): This article has been updated to reflect that Valerie De Anda studies early ...

plasmids are found in a few simple eukaryotic organisms. Prokaryotic cell DNA is a single molecule, found free in the cytoplasm; additional DNA is found on one or more rings called plasmids.

“This is the most exciting and important paper on big questions about eukaryotic origins and the tree of life in years,” said evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Palmer of Indiana University, Bloomington, ...

Eukaryotic production systems have some distinct advantages that prokaryotic systems lack. Notably, they include “higher compatibility with eukaryotic proteins and higher functionality around am ...