Answer to Question #289045 in Biochemistry for lolo

Question

. What is the difference between a one-celled organism and a single cell of a multicelled organism?

Answer 1

There are several most distinctive features differentiating one-celled and multicellular organisms:

1. Unicellular organisms have 1 cell, while multicellular organisms are composed of many different types of cells.

2. Unicellular organisms are mostly prokaryotes, while multicellular organisms are generally classified as eukaryotes.

3. Unicellular organisms are usually smaller and less complex compared to their more visible and complex multicellular organisms.