What would happen to a cell if it didn't have a nucleolus?

Answer 1

There is an entire kingdom of cells without a nucleus. This is the kingdom Monera or bacteria. Humans are just part of a group of animals that have a nucleus. In the cells of other living things, the nucleus controls the rest of the cell and hold the genetic code DNA.

Well yeah, but those are called prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells have every organelle in a cell.

Answer 2

No, the cell would not be able to function without a nucleolus for it creates the RNA for ribosomes. As ribosomes give the cell proteins, the cell couldn't survive without them, and you need a nucleolus to have ribosomes.

Answer 3

If you're a prokaryotic cell, absolutely nothing because prokaryotic cells never have nuclei.

If you're a eukaryotic cell, loss of a nucleus would rapidly become fatal. DNA is required for protein synthesis, so if the DNA containing nucleus is lost, all protein synthesis would cease. Because proteins are absolutely essential for all cellular processes and because proteins are mostly short-lived molecules that are degraded and replaced over a period of hours or days, the cell would soon have its pool of proteins depleted and die.

Answer 4

If a cell did not have a nucleolus, then no ribosomes would be made. If there were no ribosomes, then no proteins would be made. This, in turn, would cause many other problems in the cell.

Answer 5

If a cell did not have a nucleus it would mean that it is a prokaryotic cell. As for the eukaryotic cells, they cannot survive without a nucleus.

Answer 6

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