Which of the following best describes the location of DNA in a bacterium?
"DNA is contained in the cell’s nucleus"
"DNA is divided among many chromosomes in the nucleoid region"
"most DNA is in the nucleoid region and some DNA occurs in small loops throughout the cytoplasm"
or "most DNA is in the ribosomes and some DNA is in the nucleus"

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blues · Answer

Use process of elimination for questions like this. For example, bacteria are prokaryotes meaning that they don't have a nucleus. So the first and fourth options are not correct. What do you think about the two remaining options?

anonymous · Answer

Most DNA is in the nucleoid region...

anonymous · Answer

"most DNA is in the nucleoid region and some DNA occurs in small loops throughout the cytoplasm"