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Title: Is a skin cell classified as a prokaryote or eukaryote?
Post by: dav1444 on Sep 4, 2012
Are skin cells prokaryotes or eukaryote cells ? Why ?


Title: Is a skin cell classified as a prokaryote or eukaryote?
Post by: Fittzi on Sep 4, 2012
One major difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells is that eukaryotic cells have a nucleus and prokaryotic cells do not. Your skin cells have a nucleus therefore they are eukaryotic.


Title: Is a skin cell classified as a prokaryote or eukaryote?
Post by: rja5200 on Sep 4, 2012
I agree with the answer above you. However, there is more differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes than that though. Another example is eukaryotes have many more organelles than prokaryotes (i.e mitochondria, chloroplast, etc).


Title: Is a skin cell classified as a prokaryote or eukaryote?
Post by: fishspot on Sep 4, 2012
Skin cells are eukaryotic, because prokaryotic are only found in bacteria.