Eukaryote or prokaryote?
DNA is packaged differently in eukaryotes and prokaryotes – but how?
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Decide whether the following statements refer to the packaging of DNA
in eukaryotes, prokaryotes or both and place them in the correct column
on the table.
Using textbooks or the internet add to the table with your own
statements.
DNA packaged into a set
of linear chromosomes
Mitrochondrial DNA
located within the
cytoplasm
Chloroplast DNA in
some species
DNA is packaged into
chromosomes
Genetic material
contained within the
nucleus
DNA usually found as a
double-stranded circular
molecule
The DNA is doublestranded
DNA not found within a
nucleus
Organisms have a
different sequence of
bases along the DNA
Plasmids can be present
DNA can be a mixture of
circular and linear
chromosomes
DNA is the genetic
material
THE STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF DNA (H, BIOLOGY)
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Eukaryote
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THE STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF DNA (H, BIOLOGY)
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Prokaryote
Both
Answers
Eukaryote
DNA packaged into a set of linear
chromosomes
Prokaryote
Both
DNA usually found as a doublestranded circular molecule
DNA is packaged into chromosomes
Mitrochondrial DNA located
within the cytoplasm
The DNA is double-stranded
DNA not found within a nucleus
Chloroplast DNA in some
species
Organisms have a different
sequence of bases along the DNA
Plasmids can be present
Genetic material contained within
the nucleus
DNA is the genetic material
THE STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF DNA (H, BIOLOGY)
© Learning and Teaching Scotland 2011
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