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Eukaryote

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  1. The presence of a nucleus gives these organisms their name, which comes from the Greek ευ (eu), meaning "good/true," and κάρυον (karyon), "nut." Many eukaryotic cells contain other membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria, chloroplasts

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  2. Animals, plants, fungi, and protists are eukaryotes ( or ), organisms whose cells are organized into complex structures enclosed within membranes

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  3. The defining membrane-bound structure that differentiates eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic cells is the nucleus

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  4. Cell division in eukaryotes is different from organisms without a nucleus (prokaryotes)

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  5. involves separating the duplicated chromosomes, through movements directed by microtubules

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