procaryote
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procaryotefrom the ancient Greek πρό pró (before) and: 'which comes before the eukaryotes'. This name is due to the fact that it was thought that these organisms represented the state that preceded - from an evolutionary point of view - the eukaryotes, with a nucleus, then considered more evolved.
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procaryotes
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english:prokaryote