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Although a prokaryotic cell has no defined nucleus, yet DNA is not scattered throughout the cell. Explain. 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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In prokaryotes, such as E. coli, though they do not have a defined nucleus, the DNA is not scattered throughout the cell. DNA (being negatively charged) is held with some proteins (that have positive charges) in a region termed as ‘nucleoid’. The DNA in nucleoid is organised in large loops held by proteins. 
 

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