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
• DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC DNA?

  EUKARYOTIC

  • linear
  • longer
  • stored in nucleus
  • no plasmid DNA
  • introns and exons
  • non-coding multiple repeats found between genes
  • DNA associated with histone proteins

  PROKARYOTIC

  • circular
  • shorter
  • DNA free floating
  • have plasmid DNA
  • no introns, only exons
  • no non-coding multiple repeats
  • no histone proteins