Monday, September 21, 2009

Eukaryotes Notes

Cell theory- not proved but well supported not the final answer
Took a long time to develop the origin/evolution of cells

  • Eukaryotes reproduce by mitosis or meiosis
  • Prokaryotes reproduce by asexual and binary fission
  • Eukaryotes/Prokaryotes both have: plasma membrane (phospolipids-bilary), nucleus/nucleoid, cytoplasm (stuff floating inside the cell).
  • Nucleus is very centralized (major difference) a true nucleus, membrane bound!
  • Domain Eukarya has 4 kingdoms: Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
  • Membrane bound nucleus& organelles (compartments specialized to perform special functions) Very specialized/centralized.
  • Endosymbiotic theory(unifies) how eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes
  • Mitochondria and Chloroplast got engulfed by the early eukaryote and stayed their permanently, not sure how it happened. When reproduced, it made cells with all these things basically incorporated/join the DNA coding making new eukaryote cell.
Plasma membrane
  • Similiar to prokaryotes
  • Different proteins
  • Regulates passage of molecules in/out of cell
  • Organelle membranes are similar

Cell wall
  • No peptidoglycan
  • Plants (cellulose) Protists (variety of types, some more) Fungi (chitin) Animals (most none)
  • Support and protection.
  • Diatom cell wall are protists, cell walls made of glass and very intricate: diatom shouldn't throw stones. They live in a glass house, ohoho.

Nucleus
  • Chromatin-unwound chromosomes and they recoil into chromosomes.
  • Divide cell cycles, chromatin floating inside.
Ribosomes
  • Made of rRNA and protein, 3 locations: free in cytoplasm, attached to ER (attached to the nucleus) , inside mitochondria/chloroplast (have their own ribosomes)
  • Ribosomes important to growth/reproduction.
  • In the nucleus there are ribosomes, nucleus sends (transcribe) mRNA and reads it; transported to single strand RNA.

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