Eukaryotes

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These are organisms whose cells have cytoskeletons for support and their DNA is contained in a nucleus, separated from the other contents of the cell. Examples include plants, animals, and fungi...

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Eukaryotes	Description
Anopheles gambiae	is the mosquito responsible for most cases of malaria in Africa
Arabidopsis thaliana	was the first plant to be sequenced and is considered the model species for investigating plant genetics and biology
Aspergillus fumigatus	causes more infections worldwide than any other mould
Caenorhabditis elegans	is a transparent worm commonly used to investigate basic questions in biology, such as how cells develop
Candida glabrata	cause candidiasis
Canis familiaris	(dog) domesticated from wolves now provides insight into genetic variation
Cryptococcus neoformans	causes meningoencephalitis
Cryptosporidium parvum	causes cryptosporidiosis - the diarrheal disease "crypto"
Cyanidioschyon merolae	is a red alga that lives in acidic hot springs and carries out photosynthesis
Danio rerio	(zebrafish) is a species of small freshwater aquarium fish which is used as a model organism for the study of vertebrate developmental biology
Debaryomyces hansenii	tolerates high concentrations of salt and is related to yeasts that cause disease, including Candida albicans
Dictyostelium discoideum	is a model organism for the study of cellular development
Drosophila melanogaster	is a useful model system for studying genes associated with disease in humans
Drosophila pseudoobscura	is an important model of speciation in comparative genomics
Encephalitozoon cuniculi	is a parasite that causes diarrhea and respiratory symptoms such as bronchitis, pneumonia, or sinusitis
Eremothecium gossypii [Ashbya gossypii]	is a pathogen that attacks cotton and some citrus fruits but also produces vitamin B-2
Gallus gallus	has long been used by biologists to study how embryos develop
Guillardia theta	is a model organism for tracing the ancestry of plastid-bearing eukaryotes and has the most dense nucleomorph sequenced to date
Homo sapiens	the species to which all living human beings on this planet belong
Kluyveromyces lactis	is a yeast commonly used in genetics research and could potentially be used to produce pharmaceuticals or other compounds
Leishmania major	causes Leishmaniasis
Mus musculus	has a version of nearly every human gene making it a valuable tool for investigating human diseases
Oryza sativa	rice, the most important crop for human consumption, providing staple food for more than half of the world population
Paramecium tetraurelia	has two nuclei and is a model unicellular organism
Pan troglodytes	(chimpanzee) is the most closely related species to humans
Plasmodium falciparum	is the most dangerous human malaria parasite
Rattus norvegicus	the brown rat has versions of nearly every gene known to cause disease in humans, and they have been used for decades to develop and test new drugs
Saccharomyces cerevisae	is commonly known as baker's yeast and was the first eukaryote to have its genome fully sequenced
Schizosaccharomyces pombe	has at least 50 genes associated with human diseases, including cancers, cystic fibrosis, hereditary deafness, and diabetes
Spizellomyces punctatus	is a fungus used in comparative studies
Tetraodon nigroviridis	a fresh water pufferfish that is useful for comparative studies as it has a very compact genome
Trypanosoma brucei	causes trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness
Yarrowia lipolytica	is a “non-conventional” species of yeast, often used in genetic research because it differs from other well-studied species