BIOEE 1780 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dna Replication, Eukaryote, Archaea
Lecture 2 – Diversity I
Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes…
• Have cell membranes and ribosomes
• Have a common set of metabolic pathways
• Replicate DNA semiconservatively
• Use DNA as the genetic material to encode proteins, and produce these proteins by transcription
and translation
These similarities support the conclusion that all living organisms are related.
Domains: primary divisions of life
• Three total domains (2 prokaryotic, 1 eukaryotic)
o Bacteria (prokaryotic)
• Stromatolites: living mats of bacteria
o Archaea (prokaryotic)
o Eukarya (eukaryotic)
Prokaryotes: consist of bacteria and archaea
• Unicellular
• Can form large colonies or biofilms
• Don't divide by mitosis
o Cells divide via binary fission
• No membrane-bound nucleus
• DNA is circular
o Many prokaryotes have one main chromosome and are haploid
o Many have additional smaller DNA molecules, called plasmids
• No membrane-bound organelles (i.e. mitochondria, Golgi, etc.)
Eukaryotes
• Unicellular or multicellular
• Divide by mitosis
• Membrane-bound nucleus
• DNA is linear
• Membrane-bound organelles (i.e. mitochondria, Golgi, etc.)
Characteristic
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
Membrane-enclosed nucleus
Absent
Absent
Present
Membrane-enclosed organelles
Few
Absent
Many
Peptidoglycan in cell wall
Present
Absent
Absent
According to genetic information, all three domains had a single common ancestor.
Eukaryotes share a more recent common ancestor with Archaea than they do with Bacteria.
• Eukarya and Archaea form a clade.
LUCA: the last universal common ancestor
Document Summary
Prokaryotes a(cid:374)d eukaryotes : have cell membranes and ribosomes, have a common set of metabolic pathways, replicate dna semiconservatively, use dna as the genetic material to encode proteins, and produce these proteins by transcription and translation. These similarities support the conclusion that all living organisms are related. Three total domains (2 prokaryotic, 1 eukaryotic: bacteria (prokaryotic) Stromatolites: living mats of bacteria: archaea (prokaryotic, eukarya (eukaryotic) Eukaryotes: unicellular or multicellular, divide by mitosis, membrane-bound nucleus, dna is linear, membrane-bound organelles (i. e. mitochondria, golgi, etc. ) According to genetic information, all three domains had a single common ancestor. Eukaryotes share a more recent common ancestor with archaea than they do with bacteria: eukarya and archaea form a clade. Luca: the last universal common ancestor: by determining key features that all organisms share, we can hypothesize that these are traits that. Semiconservative replication: each strand of dna functions as a template for the complimentary strand.