Eukaryotic cells ;
1. Multicellular form - common, with extensive tissue formation.
2. Cell wall - Present in plant and fungi cells only
3. Plasma membrane - present
4. Nucleus - present
5. Nuclear membrane - present
6. Chromatin with histone - present
7. Genetic material - Linear double - stranded DNA : genes frequently interrupted by intron sequence, especially in higher Eukaryotes.
9. Nucleoli and mitotic apparatus - present
10. Plasmids - Rare
11. Cellular organelles ;
Mitochondria - present
Endoplasmic reticulum - present
Vacuoles - present
Lysosomes - present
Chloroplasts - present(only in plants)
Centrioles - present (Absent in higher plants)
Ribosomes present (80S)
Microtubules - present
Flagella - Complex 9+2 structure of tubulin and other protein.
12. Respiration - All aerobic, but some facultative anaerobes by secondary modifications.
13. Metabolic patterns - All share cytochrome electron transport chains, Krebs cycle oxidation, Embden - Meyerhof glucose metabolism or glycolysis
14. Photosynthetic enzyme - Enzyme packaged in plastids bound by membrane
15. Sexual system - Both sexes involved in sexual participation and entire genomes transferred; alternation of haploid and diploid generation is also evident.