Not exact matches
It is a kind of «missing link» in the study of
life's emergence, demonstrating how
nucleated cells first appeared.
The
living world thrived long before the origin of
nucleated organisms [the eukaryotic
cells, which have genetic material enclosed in well - defined membranes].
For eons prior to the emergence of the
nucleated cell,
life on Earth was essentially slime: vast, directionless mats of single -
celled bacteria and archaea.