Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells

       SIMILARITIES;                                                            

• They are both membrane bound.
• They both have DNA as their genetic material
•  They both have ribosomes .
•  They have similar basic metabolism .
• They are both amazingly diverse in forms

        DIFERENCES;           

• eukaryotes have a nucleus, while prokaryotes do not
• eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, while prokaryotes do not. The organelles of eukaryotes allow them to exhibit much higher levels of intracellular division of labor than is possible in prokaryotic cells.
• Eukaryotic cells are, on average, ten times the size of prokaryotic cells.
•  The DNA of eukaryotes is much more complex and therefore much more extnsive than the DNA of prokaryotes.
• Prokaryotes have a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan, a single large polymer of amino acids and sugar . Many types of eukaryotic cells also have cell walls, but none made of peptidoglycan.
• The DNA of prokaryotes floats freely around the cell; the DNA of eukaryotes is held within its nucleus and associated with histones (proteins)
•  Eukaryotes undergo mitosis; prokaryotes divide by binary fission (simple cell division)