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Information Processing Differences Between Bacteria and Eukarya—Implications for the Myth of Eukaryogenesis

Tan, Laura and Tomkins, Jeffrey P. (2015) Information Processing Differences Between Bacteria and Eukarya—Implications for the Myth of Eukaryogenesis. Answers Research Journal, 8: 11. pp. 143-162. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

Because bacteria, archaea, and eukarya contain unique mosaics of genetic features and biochemical similarities, it has been notoriously difficult for evolutionists to infer the molecular biological properties of a first or last eukaryotic common ancestor. Eukarya share similarities to both domains of prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) while also exhibiting many innovative molecular features found in neither. Nevertheless, evolutionists postulate that some sort of mythical bacterial-archaeal precursor gave rise to the first eukaryotic cell. In a previous report, we showed that a vast chasm exists between archaea and eukarya in regard to basic molecular machines involved in DNA replication, RNA transcription, and protein translation. The differences in information processing mechanisms and systems are even greater between bacteria and eukarya, which we elaborate upon in this report. Based on differences in lineage-specific essential gene sets and in the vital molecular machines between bacteria and eukarya, we continue to demonstrate that the same unbridgeable evolutionary chasms exist—further invalidating the myth of eukaryogenesis.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH426 Genetics > QH426.1 Information Theory
Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH573 Cell Biology
Q Science (General) > QR Microbiology > QR75 Bacteria
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1781

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