Biology 1002B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Horizontal Gene Transfer, Nuclear Membrane, Endomembrane System

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When you think about the morphological complexity of the cell (phagocytosis, sex, ability to move, organelles, etc. ) are restricted to one domain: eukaryotes. We need to put a real definition of complexity. Bacteria are just as advanced as eukaryotes just like the archaea, but they are morphologically simple. Bacteria and archaea are biologically complex (they have really cool processes they do), but not morphologically complex. Complexity is the ability to have novel proteins, synthesize new proteins. There is a huge energy cost involved in protein synthesis. Dna replication doesn"t require too much energy (2% of the energy budget) but protein synthesis looks for (75%). The only thing bacteria care about is making enough atp to get through the day, eukaryotes don"t care about that. Once you overcome energy production constraint, natural selection can take you down roads that you otherwise will not be able to go on.

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