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  • Prokaryotes are far simpler then eukaryotes, and M. pneumoniae has one of the smallest genomes of the prokaryotes.

    2010 June - Telic Thoughts 2010

  • Whitman et al. (1998) Prokaryotes: the unseen majority.

    Behe's Two-Binding-Sites Rule 2008

  • Prokaryotes have small cells with no separate nucleus; the DNA is just distributed throughout the cell.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • Prokaryotes are organisms without a distinct nucleus (their DNA is not bound within a membrane sac inside the cell).

    Marine microbes 2009

  • (Prokaryotes tend to have an even distribution of bases, as was also measured as part of the testing procedure.)

    A Message About ID 2007

  • Prokaryotes have a variety of methods of genetic exchange, plasmid mediated conjugation with “males” and “females”, transformation by naked DNA, and phage mediated transduction.

    Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water again ... - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • If I took a class and the professor said, Eukaryotes evolved from Prokaryotes, that birds are dinosaurs (ala Pandian), I regurgitate that on an exam if it will get me an A.

    College professor: "Flunk the IDiots" 2006

  • Prokaryotes (large intense dots) and viruses (small, less intense dots) stained by SYBRGreenI and viewed by epifluorescence microscopy.

    Marine viruses 2007

  • Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms without a nucleus and are now considered to consist of the two so-called domains of life, Bacteria and Archaea.

    Marine viruses 2007

  • Prokaryotes are hardy beasts, quite capable of surviving eons in interstellar vacuum, hitching rides when the planet they're on has a meteorite impact that throws some debis out into space.

    Hate, Life, the Universe, and Everything Zoe Brain 2007

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