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Difference Between Prokaryotic Cells and Eukaryotic Cells
Following are the substantial difference between Prokaryotic Cells and Eukaryotic Cell:
1. Prokaryotic cells are the primitive kind of cell, whose size varies from 0.5-3musymbol m, they are generally found in single cell organisms, while Eukaryotic cells are the modified cell structure containing different components in it, their size varies from 2-100musymbolm, they are found in multicellular organisms.
2. Organelles like mitochondria, ribosomes, golgi body, endoplasmic reticulum, cell wall, chloroplast, etc. are absent in prokaryotic cells, while these organelles are found in eukaryotic organisms. Though cell wall and chloroplast are not found in the animal cell, it is present in the green plant cell, few bacteria, and algae.
3. The main difference between Prokaryotic cells and the Eukaryotic cell is the nucleus, which is not well defined in prokaryotes whereas it is well structured, compartmentalized and functional in eukaryotes.
4. Cell organelles are present which are membrane-bound and have individual functions in eukaryotic cells; many organelles are absent in prokaryotic cells.
5. In prokaryotes, the cell division takes place through conjugation, transformation, transduction but in eukaryotes, it is through the process of cell division.
6. The process of transcription and translation occurs together, and there is a single origin of replication in the prokaryotic cell. On the other hand, there are multiple origins of replication and transcription occurs in nucleus and translation in the cytosol.
7. Genetic Material (DNA) is circular and double-stranded in Prokaryotes, but in Eukaryotes, it is linear and double-stranded.
8. Prokaryotes reproduce asexually; commonly Prokaryotes have a sexual mode of reproduction.
9. Prokaryotes are the simplest, smallest and most abundantly found cells on earth; Eukaryotes are larger and complex cells.