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What is the meaning of extrachromosomal DNA in prokaryotes?????

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
Extrachromosomal DNA is any DNA that is found outside the nucleus of a cell. It is also referred to as extranuclear DNA or cytoplasmic DNA. ... The fact that this organelle contains its own DNA supports the hypothesis that mitochondria originated as bacterial cells engulfed by ancestral eukaryotic cells
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer7 Years ago
Dear student 
Extrachromosomal DNA is the DNA present outside the nucleus.
Plasmid in prokaryotes is the Extrachromosomal DNA.
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