eukaryote: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Unique Characteristics of Eukaryotic Cells. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Intro to eukaryotic cells. | Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Thompson Rivers University Pressbooks - Cell and Molecular Biology - Cell Theory, Basic Properties of Cells and Origin of Eukaryotic Cells. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: LOUIS Pressbooks - Biology Part I - Eukaryotic Cells. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - New Periodic Table of Elements: Electron Configuration and Motion, and Formation of Simple Compound (PDF). | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cellpress - Current Biology - The real kingdoms of eukaryotes. | Jul 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. | Apr 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - The Complexity of Eukaryotic Genomes. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition. | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Genome Biology - The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - The origin of eukaryotes and rise in complexity were synchronous with the rise in oxygen. | May 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The George Washington University - Eukaryotes. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Openstax - Biology 2e - Eukaryotic Origins. | Jan 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BCcampus Publishing - Eukaryotic Cells. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Genome Biology - The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Eukaryotic Cells. | Apr 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - The Eukaryotic Cell. | Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Georgia Tech Biological Sciences - Organismal Biology - Eukaryotes and their Origins. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Intro to eukaryotic cells. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Added a video describing the difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes. | Sep 19, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 21, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO-EOLSS - Eukaryote Cell Biology. | May 10, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - Eukaryote. | Dec 26, 2016 | ||
| Added examples of eukaryotic cells that lack certain organelles. Also added information on the timing of eukaryotic evolution. | May 13, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 03, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Introduction to the Basal Eukaryotes. | Jun 28, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and the Genetics of Cancer. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and the Genetics of Cancer. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 15, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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