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The simplest answer is that prokaryotic cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and eukaryotic cells do. The nucleus is a compartment where the cell stores its genetic information (DNA). Prokaryotes' DNA is simply within the cytoplasm. Another simple difference is that eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, whereas prokaryotes lack this feature.
Nucleic acids store genetic information. An easy way to remember is that DNA which is the basic source of genetic information is an acronym for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. And it gets the "Nucleic" part of it's name because it is stored by the eukaryotic cell in the Nucleus, the organelle that protects a cell's genetic information.
In a cell, DNA or Deoxiribose Nucleic Acid stores and transmits genetic information.
The nucleus in a eukaryotic cell stores genetic information and is the site of transcription of DNA. It is essentially the control center of the cell.
Think about it this way. In a eukaryotic cell, the DNA is in a neat, clean room (nucleus). In a prokaryotic cell, the DNA is in a messy yard with no room. The DNA just floats in the prokaryote.
the nucleus stores all the genetic information (DNA)
Difference arises between well developed nucleus & less developed nucleus. The prokaryotes have well developed nucleus while the eukaryotes have advanced nucleus with nuclear membrane & nucleolus.
The simplest answer is that prokaryotic cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus, and eukaryotic cells do. The nucleus is a compartment where the cell stores its genetic information (DNA). Prokaryotes' DNA is simply within the cytoplasm. Another simple difference is that eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, whereas prokaryotes lack this feature.
In a cell, DNA or Deoxiribose Nucleic Acid stores and transmits genetic information.
Nucleic acids store genetic information. An easy way to remember is that DNA which is the basic source of genetic information is an acronym for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. And it gets the "Nucleic" part of it's name because it is stored by the eukaryotic cell in the Nucleus, the organelle that protects a cell's genetic information.
In a cell, DNA or Deoxiribose Nucleic Acid stores and transmits genetic information.
The nucleus in a eukaryotic cell stores genetic information and is the site of transcription of DNA. It is essentially the control center of the cell.
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Think about it this way. In a eukaryotic cell, the DNA is in a neat, clean room (nucleus). In a prokaryotic cell, the DNA is in a messy yard with no room. The DNA just floats in the prokaryote.
DNA is the molecule that holds the genetic information in all cellular forms of life and some viruses. Occasionally, RNA also stores genetic information in cells.
A chloroplast is neither, because it is in a cell. Prokaryotic means that there is no cell organization, which are bacteria, and a chloroplast is again not its own cell, so it can't be that. Eukaryotic means it has a nucleus that stores the DNA. The chloroplast can be found in both of these types of cells, but it can't be either of them because it doesn't have its own DNA.
DNA is a nucleic acid that stores genetic information and controls cell activities.