Prokaryote Cells Vs Eukaryotes Essay

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There are two major types of cells, Prokaryote cell and Eukaryote cells. Prokaryote and Eukaryote Cells are said to be the most vital differences that are present in organisms. Millions of years ago, prokaryotes were one of the only life forms on our planet. Now they have given birth to eukaryotes, due to evolution and mutation. Each cell controls and deals with several different tasks in all living things. Unicellular organism (such as bacteria and archae, also known as archaebacterial) are single celled and also known as prokaryote cells. Multicellular organisms, which include multiple cells, are complex and are known as eukaryotic cells. If one were to ask to simply state what a prokaryote is, without getting too technical, one would state that a prokaryote is pretty much a microscopic bacterium without a nucleus. What is this microscopic …show more content…

Prokaryotic cells are much more easy in structure while eukaryotes can be a little more complicated. Prokaryotes do not possess a nucleus as stated above. Eukaryotes do possess a nucleus. They are also smaller than eukaryotic cells. While eukaryotic cells have a nucleus, prokaryotic cell do not. Prokaryote cells are made up of one cell. They reproduce through asexual reproduction. This reproduction process is called binary fission. Eukaryotes reproduce through mitosis or meiosis. Meiosis is the cause of cells that are sexually reproducing, while mitosis duplicates the initial cell. Ribosomes that are found in prokaryotes are much smaller than those found in eukaryotes. DNA, that prokaryotes possess, are single strands. DNA found in eukaryotes have many strands. Microtubules, which helps a cell replicate, are not found in prokaryotes, however, they are present in eukaryotes and help them in reproducing. Prokaryote cells are unicellular and eukaryote cells are mostly multi

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