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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Difference between Eukaryotic cells and Prokaryotic cells

Eukaryotes 

Prokaryotes 

Large in size (10 µm to 20 µm)

Small in size (1 µm to 10 µm)

Outer covering –

  • Cell wall in plants
  • Cell membrane in animals

Outer covering is the cell envelope

Membrane bound cell organelles are present

There are no membrane bound cell organelles

Have true nucleus with nuclear membrane, chromatin reticulum, and nucleolus

No true nucleus. Instead there is the nucleoid

Cell divides mainly by mitosis and meiosis

Cell divides mainly by amitosis

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