[Cells]
Comparison of Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
 

Prokaryotic Cells

Eukaryotic Cells

Membrane bound internal organelles

None

Present

Nucleic Acids

Naked DNA (no histones)

DNA covered with histone proteins

Ribosomes

Free in cytoplasm

Attached to rER or free in cytoplasm

Nucleus

None

May be Present

Cell & Nuclear Division

Binary Fission

Mitosis & Cytokinesis

Prokaryotic Cells are simple cells, and Eukaryotic Cells are complex cells, but these two criteria are not suitable for use in comparing the two cell types on an essay as the chart above specifies why the former are 'simple' and the latter are 'complex'.

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