The Characteristics of life are growth, reproduction, homeostasis, sense and respond to stimuli, obtain and use energy, made of cells, adapt and evolve.
Genus represents taxonomic rank above species and below family. When organisms belong to the same genus, they must be of the same phyla, but may be in different species. In binomial nomenclature it is the generic name shared by the group of close relative.
Structurally, plant and animal cells are very similar because they are both eukaryotic cells. They both contain membrane-bound organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, lysosomes, and peroxisomes. Both also contain similar membranes, cytosol, and cytoskeletal elements.
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