Prokaryotic cells, which include all bacteria and archaea, are ancient, and relatively simple compared to eukaryotic cells, which are found in fungi, plants, and animals. Scientists have long sought ...

Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi, can't survive without mitochondria -- the "powerhouses of the cell," which generate chemical energy using oxygen. However, a new ...

A new study, which appears in the current issue of the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, challenges a popular scenario put forward to explain the arrival of the first eukaryotic organisms.

Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells ...

However and whenever it exactly happened, the evolution of eukaryotic cells was critical to life as we know it, and once they formed, plants, fungi, and animals came about. It's been thought that ...

New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have employed a genetic method ...

In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new and previously undiscovered form of microbes.

On the other hand, C. perkinsii undergoes cleavage division, symmetry breaking, and forms multicellular colonies with distinct cell types, similar to the 'canonical view' of early animal embryos.

These discoveries give huge credence to the engulfment theory of how eukaryotic cells were born. To further investigate this ability in bacteria, the researchers hunted for other species with ...

It’s the formation of the first eukaryote cell. It was this event that enabled a massive increase in complexity of life, including the transition to multicellular.

CVC also said that by March 1, 2012, the inventors had conceived of a CRISPR-Cas9 system in eukaryotic cells, and provided testimony, statements and emails from Doudna and Jinek to support this.