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Prokaryotic cells:
- Most primitive, earliest form of life
- Do not have a pre-defined nucleus
- Chromosomes are dispersed in the cytoplasm
- Contain no membrane-bound organelles
- Have circular chromosomes and lack histone proteins
- Most metabolically diverse
- Small - typically 1 - 5 micrometers in diameter
- Have a primitive cytoskeletal structures or don't have a cytoskeleton at all
- Smaller (70S) ribosomes
- Don't undergo meiosis but reproduce sexually by the transfer of DNA fragments through conjugation
Eukaryotic cells:
- More complex, evolved organisms
- Contain true nuclei in which chromosomes are compacted as chromatin
- Contain membrane-bound organelles
- Have linear DNA and contain histone proteins
- Larger - typically 10-100 micrometers in diameter
- Have a complex cytoskeleton
- Larger (80S) ribosome
- Reproduce sexually with the use of meiosis
Prokaryotes do not have a membrane bound nucleus (they have a region where DNA is found, the nucleoid). They lack many of the organelles that eukaryotes have including mitochondria and smooth and rough ER. The only organelles that both of them share are ribosomes and a cell membrane. Also prokaryotes have a cell wall.
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Which describes a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Eukaryotes have membranes around their organelles.
Which best descirbes a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Prokaryotes have no cell nucleus. Eukaryotes have a cell nucleus.
Which best describes a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryote?
Eukaryotes have membranes around their organelles.
What are the cells called that have a nucleus and organelles?
There are two basic types of cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes differ from prokaryotes in a few ways, but the biggest difference is that eukaryotes have a nucleus and prokaryotes don't.
What is the difference between prokarytes and ekaryotes?
Prokaryotes have no nucleus while eukaryotes do, among other differences.
What is the difference between prokaryotesw and eukaryotes?
Prokaryotes are unicellular, and Eukaryotes are multicellular.
Which describes a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Eukaryotes have membranes around their organelles.
Which best descirbes a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Prokaryotes have no cell nucleus. Eukaryotes have a cell nucleus.
What is the difference between prokaryotics and eukaryotics?
Major difference, Prokaryotes have no cell nucleus and eukaryotics do. Prokaryotes have been present before eukaryotes. Eukaryotes are thought to have evolved from prokaryotes throught the process of endosymbiosis.
Difference in prokaryotes and eukaryotes with photosynthsis?
prokaryotes have a nucleas
What is difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus included in their cells. Eukaryotes do have a nucleus included in their cells. And prokaryotes are more simple, it is the simplest, but eukaryotes are very complicated. And prokaryotes are single cells, but most of the eukaryotes make a big organism like plants and animals.Eukaryotes have membranes around their organalles
Which best describes a difference between prokaryotes and eukaryote?
Eukaryotes have membranes around their organelles.
What are the cells called that have a nucleus and organelles?
There are two basic types of cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes differ from prokaryotes in a few ways, but the biggest difference is that eukaryotes have a nucleus and prokaryotes don't.
What is the size difference between eukaryotic and a prokaryotic algae?
in prokaryotes and eukaryotes size doesnt play role.some prokaryotes are larger and even smaller and same case in eukaryotes also.this prokaryotes and eukaryotes division is only based on celluar organization,function and composition not by size
What is the difference between prokarytes and ekaryotes?
Prokaryotes have no nucleus while eukaryotes do, among other differences.
Which best describes a difference prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Eukaryotes have membranes around their organelles.
There are differences and similarities between prokaryotes and eukaryotes the similarities are?
eukaryotes have a nucleus
