Is a red blood cell considered a eukaryote or prokaryote?

Red blood cell or Erythrocyte is one of the formed elements formed in the red bone marrow. Each of the formed elements has specialised cell structure for performing specialised functions. As you might be knowing, the main function of RBC is to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide (in meager amounts). read more

Red blood cells, despite their lack of a nucleus, is considered to be a eukaryote. This is mainly because the stem cell it originated from had a nucleus, but it disappeared in order to make room to carry oxygen and carbon dioxide. Also, a red blood cell is still part of the kingdom animalia, not monera which is what prokaryotes belong to. read more

Blood cells are eukaryotic. Confusion may arise because in humans, the red blood cell loses its nucleus in the final stages of maturation. However, it is still a cell derived from a lineage of cells that contained nuclei. In contrast, prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus at any point in their life cycle. read more