Eukaryotic Quotes & Sayings

There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function. — Ada Yonath

Throughout 150 years of the science of bacteriology, there is no evidence that one species of bacteria has changed into another ... Since there is no evidence for species changes between the simplest forms of unicellular life, it is not surprising that there is no evidence for evolution from prokaryotic [i.e., bacterial] to eukaryotic [i.e., plant and animal] cells, let alone throughout the whole array of higher multicellular organisms. — Alan H. Linton

In the early Seventies, the technology for purifying a specific eukaryotic mRNA was just becoming available. — Susumu Tonegawa

When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying. — Jonathan Edwards

There is no theoretical reason to expect evolutionary lineages to increase in complexity with time, and no empirical evidence that they do so. Nevertheless, eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic ones, animals and plants are more complex than protists, and so on. This increase in complexity may have been achieved as a result of a series of major evolutionary transitions. These involved changes in the way information is stored and transmitted.
[The major evolutionary transitions, Nature 374, 227 - 232 (16 March 1994)] — John Maynard Smith

When we see things through our fixed, false beliefs, science becomes superstition. — Debasish Mridha

Agape is related to Eros, as Mozart to Beethoven. How could they possibly be confused? — Karl Barth

As Lynn Margulis writes: All the world's bacteria essentially have access to a single gene pool and hence to the adaptive mechanisms of the entire bacterial kingdom. The speed of recombination over that of mutation is superior: it could take eukaryotic organisms a million years to adjust to a change on a worldwide scale that bacteria can accommodate in a few years. — Steven Johnson

It seems that all eukaryotic cells either have, or once had (and then lost) mitochondria. In other words, possession of mitochondria is a sine qua non of the eukaryotic condition — Nick Lane

This was difficult to prove as most hydrogenosomes have lost their entire genome, but it is now established with some certainty.1 In other words, whatever bacteria entered into a symbiotic relationship in the first eukaryotic cell, its descendents numbered among them both mitochondria and hydrogenosomes. — Nick Lane

The greatest treasure anyone can find is a heart that is filled with unconditional love. — The Prolific Penman

The majority of companies on this planet are publicly driven engines. They're always the last ones to change. They're not only the biggest polluters, but they're the biggest providers of services for the consumer. Government itself is one of the biggest polluters on the planet. The U.S. military pollutes the planet more than most other entities. — Horst Rechelbacher

We know we only have so much energy for reaching out; if we're going to invest, we want it to be good. — Laurie A. Helgoe

You put her body on display." His lips brush my ear as he forces the words through clenched teeth. Pain hums in his voice. "I'll do the same to you. — Victoria Aveyard