Definition of "eukaryotes" [eukaryotes]

• Plural form of eukaryote. (noun)

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• "In any event, the probability that two or three origins of multicellularity simply arose by chance within eukaryotes as opposed to prokaryotes is somewhere on the order of 1/4 to 1/2, well below the general standards of statistical validity."
• "Symbiogenesis – the appearance of new behaviors, tissues, organs, organ systems, physiologies or species as a result of symbiont interaction – is the major source of evolutionary novelty in eukaryotes: animals, plants and fungi."
• "Are you disputing that mutation rates in eukaryotes are or = 10E-9?"