Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 12, DNA - Assessment - 12.3 DNA Replication - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 357: 18

Answer

c.

Work Step by Step

Option a. is incorrect. Prokaryotes do not have nuclei or any other organelles. Option b. is incorrect. Ribosomes are the sites where proteins are made. Option d. is incorrect. Histones are the proteins around which DNA is wound. Option c. is correct. In prokaryotes, DNA is found in the cytoplasm. Only in eukaryotes is DNA found in nuclei.
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