EUKARYOTIC VS PROKARYOTIC

• SIMILARITIES BETWEEN EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC DNA?

  • made of DNA nucleotides
  • containing deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and a nitrogenous base
  • nucleotides are joined together by phosphodiester bonds
  • is a polymer chain
• DIFFERENCES IN CHAIN LENGTH OF EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC DNA?

  EUK: longer

  PROK: shorter
• DIFFERENCES IN DNA SHAPE OF EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC DNA?

  EUK: linear

  PROK: circular
• DIFFERENCES IN PROTEINS WITH EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC DNA?

  EUK: associated with histones

  PROK: not associated with proteins
• WHAT IS FORMED IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL WHEN ONE DNA MOLECULE AND A HISTONE PROTEIN ASSOCIATE?

  chromosome
• ALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC DNA?

  • prokaryotic is circular, eukaryotic is linear
  • prokaryotic is shorter than eukaryotic
  • prokaryotic contains no introns, eukaryotic contains introns
  • prokaryotic is not associated with proteins, eukaryotic is associated with histones