Question

How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in how they store genetic material?(1 point)

Prokaryotes lack a true nucleus.

Prokaryotes have RNA instead of DNA.


Eukaryotes have RNA instead of DNA.


Eukaryotes lack a true nucleus.

Answer 1

The prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in their genetic material because prokaryotes lack a true nucleus.

Explanation: The manner of storing genetic material in prokaryotes is different from that in the eukaryotes as:

• The prokaryotic organisms do not have a nucleus membrane due to which they do not have a true nucleus and their genetic material is present as a thread-like material in the cytoplasm.
• This thread-like genetic material of prokaryotes is known as the nucleoid.
• Whereas the nucleus of eukaryotes contains a nucleus membrane, and thus their genetic material is stored in the true nucleus in an intact manner.