What is the difference between a prokaryote and eukaryote

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charlotte123 · Answer

Prokaryotic cells have single strands of DNA - Eukaryotic cells have multiple chromosomes.

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Also Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus while prokaryotes have no nucleus.

anonymous · Answer

Prokaryotic cells are more primitive and much smaller than eukayotic cells. They have a flagellum, apart from cell wall and cell membrane they also have a capsule. They have plasmids and since there is no nucleus the DNA is floating in the cytoplasm. I'm probably forgetting something but that's all I can remember right now...

anonymous · Answer

prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus and eukaryotic cells do. 
prokaryotic cells lack some organelles and eukaryotic cells do not. 
prokaryotic cells are not found in humans and eukaryotic cells are
prokaryotic cells are always unicellular and eukaryotic cells are often multicellular. 
prokaryotic cells reproduce/divide by binary fission and eukaryotic cells reproduce/divide by mitosis/meiosis

charlotte123 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

prokaryotes are:
single celled 
primitive
divide by binary fission (usually)
have a primitive nucleus, i.e. non membraneous..
have non-membranous organelles
contain plasmid (some species)
possess a protective capsular coating
ribosomes are of 70S type
contain polysomes
contain mesosomes and repiratory chain for cellular respiration
may contain pseudopodia like structures
daughter  cells are usually the replica of mother cell
mother cell devides in to two i.e. doesn't die or we can say the mother cell b'comes d daughter cells
their DNA lacks histone proteins 

Eukaryotes:
are well developed cells
possess:- mitochondria, chloroplast. Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum (rough and smooth), lysosomes, etc..
plant cells have a well defined cell wall and a middle lamellar layer whereas mammalian cells lack these
cells have slow metabolism rate than bacterial r prokaryotes because of their complexity
have a well defined nucleus with a nuclear membrane, nucleoplasm, and nucleolus
DNA is well bound by histone and non-histone proteins into beads on string like structure known as chromatin fiber 
cells divide by mitosis and meiosis
ribosomes are of 80S types
respiration is carried out by chloroplast and mitochondria
no mesoomal structures found