how human life relates to mycobacteria, which are a prokaryote
During day 2, a comparison is made between lessons learned, that how human life relates to mycobacteria, which are a prokaryote. Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms whose genetic material is not covered by a nuclear membrane. They include members of the kingdom, Monera, and Protoctista. While in eukaryotes are multicellular organisms whose nuclear material is covered by a nuclear membrane. Human beings are formed when a mature sperm cell fertilizes the ovum at the fallopian tube. The sperm cell and the ovum are haploid chromosomes which combine to restore the diploid number of chromosomes in the fertilized zygote. In other words, human body cells each have 46 chromosomes, while the gamete cells each have 23 chromosomes. For the zygote to grow that is, irreversibly increase in its size, cell division is necessary to replicate the cells. In the mature individual cell division helps in repairing worn-out cell organelles and forming new cells. The growth of cells must occur in a controlled way; otherwise, when they grow abnormally, they are termed to be cancerous and can lead to the growth of tumors in individuals.
On day 3, we learned about the genome and its role in reproduction. A genome refers to the double-stranded Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) packed inside the nuclear material. In Prokaryotes, the genome, which is a single, double-stranded layer, occurs either as a loop or circle. For the eukaryotes, the genome exists as double strands which are in a straight line (Barco et al., 2020)
In conclusion, the challenges faced by human beings are also experienced by other organisms from unicellular to multicellular. Life is, therefore, in such a way that the fittest survive. Those with desirable characteristics get the chance to have mates and procreate, and their linage does not become extinct. This is in line with cyanobacteria’s adaptation to typical and dim light, where it survives in both.