Question 4

Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. And, what is the evidence that prokaryotic cells are ancestral to eukaryotic cells? [Chapters 7, 18, and 28]

 

Use the following table to compare the two kinds of cells

 

 

Prokaryote Cells

Eukaryote Cells

size

 

 

DNA

 

 

organells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The eukaryote cellular organells, the mitochondria and chloroplasts, are believed to be descended from free-living prokaryote cells.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John C. Murphy

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