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Preferred term

Eukaryota  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Eucarya
  • Eukarya
  • Eukaryote
  • Eukaryotes

Note

  • do not confuse with EUKARYOTIC CELLS; specific algae and protozoa are located under various groups treed under Eukaryota

Scope note

  • One of the three domains of life (the others being BACTERIA and ARCHAEA), also called Eukarya. These are organisms whose cells are enclosed in membranes and possess a nucleus. They comprise almost all multicellular and many unicellular organisms, and are traditionally divided into groups (sometimes called kingdoms) including ANIMALS; PLANTS; FUNGI; and various algae and other taxa that were previously part of the old kingdom Protista.

History note

  • 2010

In other languages

  • eukaryootit

    Finnish

  • aitotumaiset
  • aitotumaisten yläkunta
  • aitotumalliset
  • Eukaryota

    Swedish

  • Eukaryoter

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D056890

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