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I am really not sure about the causality here - that is whether the following are answers to your question, or are merely results of the circular DNA structure.
One possible answer is that this way the DNA has no telomere sequence and therefore the Haylfick limit does not apply - they can keep on dividing indefinitely.
Also, the rolling cirlce replication of the DNA (which can only occur in a circular molecule) is a simpler mechanism than in eukaryotes.
Sexual processes of bacteria, such as conjugation, also depend on the rolling-cirlce, mentioned above.
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How is DNA in a prokaryote different from DNA in a eukaryote?
DNA prokariyotes is circular. Eukariyotes have linear shape.
Where is DNA in a prokaroytic cell?
In a prokaryotic cell (a prokaryote), the DNA is found floating freely in the cytoplasm. It can be in the form of circular plasmids (circles of DNA) and there are occasionally some darker regions in the cytoplasm of prokayote where most of the DNA can be found. Prokaryotes have no nucleus.
Why E coli chromosome is circular?
Circular. All bacterial chromosomes are circilar.
What does a prokaryotes cell contain with a single bit of dna?
A prokaryote contains a single circular chromosome in its cytoplasm.
Do prokaryotes have nucleic acids?
Some have DNA, some have RNA, either way the answer is technically yes, althought neither is contained in a nucleus when it is found in a prokaryote
How is DNA in a prokaryote different from the DNA in a eurkaryotes?
In prokaryotes, the DNA is circular and not contained in a membrane. In eukaryotic cells, the DNA is in the form of chromatin and reproduces differently, and it is found inside the nucleus (and mitochondria/chloroplasts).
How many chromosomes found in the cytoplasm of prokaryote cell DNA?
One circular main chromosome and, perhaps, a number ( 1 to 3 ) of circular plasmids.
How is DNA in a prokaryote different from DNA in a eukaryote?
DNA prokariyotes is circular. Eukariyotes have linear shape.
What is a circular segment of DNA often exchanged between bacteria?
prokaryote ?
Where is DNA in a prokaroytic cell?
In a prokaryotic cell (a prokaryote), the DNA is found floating freely in the cytoplasm. It can be in the form of circular plasmids (circles of DNA) and there are occasionally some darker regions in the cytoplasm of prokayote where most of the DNA can be found. Prokaryotes have no nucleus.
Does the prokaryotic cell have a nucleus?
No. The name prokaryote means " before the kernel, " which means before the nucleolus. The genetic material of a prokaryote is diffused throughout the cytoplasm is circular rings of DNA supplemented with plasmids, which are much smaller rings of DNA.
Why E coli chromosome is circular?
Circular. All bacterial chromosomes are circilar.
How a eukaryotes stores DNA to how prokaryotes stores DNA?
the DNA of a prokaryote is a long ,circular molecule.the DNA pf a eukaryote ,the nucleus holds the cell's DNA.
How is the DNA in prokaryote different from the DNA from the eukaryote?
DNA in prokaryotes is circular and in the cell itself, while the DNA of eukaryotes is coiled and in the nucleus (organelle) of the cell.
How is the DNA in a prokaryote different from the DNA In the eukaryote?
DNA in prokaryotes is circular and in the cell itself, while the DNA of eukaryotes is coiled and in the nucleus (organelle) of the cell.
How is the DNA is a prokaryote different from the DNA in the eukaryote?
DNA in prokaryotes is circular and in the cell itself, while the DNA of eukaryotes is coiled and in the nucleus (organelle) of the cell.
What does a prokaryotes cell contain with a single bit of dna?
A prokaryote contains a single circular chromosome in its cytoplasm.
