Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Why do cells have nuclei?Prokaryotes, by far the most abundant life forms, do just fine without one.Answers to this question will consist of equal measures of uncertainty and speculation.However, the exercise is nevertheless worthwhile since it may illuminate some elusive principles in cell biology.The current guess is that single cell eukaryotes appeared perhaps a billion years ago.Although this date is incredibly ancient, it is still long after the postulated appearance of the first recognizable prokaryotes-perhaps
Source: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
Author: Sheldon Penman
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language: Italian
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4244400076