Cells Vs Eukaryotic Cells

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A cell is the basic unit of living organisms. From single cellular organisms to humans to trees, cells compose all of them. However, cells are split into two domains, those being Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes. Prokaryotes are all unicellular and are less advanced than eukaryotes; meaning that they lack a nucleus and only have a nucleoid region. They also lack membrane bound organelles. Prokaryotes are then broken into two kingdoms, Bacteria and Archaea. Bacteria are the less advanced of the two and is believed that Archaea advanced from Bacteria and then eukaryotic cells advanced from Archaea.
Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus and membrane bound cells. It is believed that the first Eukaryotic cell first appeared when a larger prokaryotic cell engulfed

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