When did eukaryotes first arrive in Earth’s timeline?
1.6 BYA at the end of the Paleoproterozoic during the Proterozoic Eon
Endosymbiotic theory
The theory proposes that Eukaryotes arose from an Archaea with a bacterium inside of it, both helping each other survive
Evidence for the endosymbiotic theory
Mitochondria and Chloroplast are the same sisze as prokaryotes
Circular DNA like prokaryotes
M & C do binary fission
Membrane similar to prokaryotes
Within the Eukaryote genome, there are no blueprints for the mitochondria or chloroplast
What are unique eukaryotic features
Nucleus with an nuclear membrane and nuclear pores Mitochondria Cytoskeleton Mitosis Sex Linear Chromosomes
What are the 3 different sexual life cycles
Diplontic, haplontic, alternation of generations or haplodiplontic