What are the differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

Eukaryotes: animals and plantsmany eukaryotes are complex, multicellular organisms cells contain membrane bound organelles (such as a nucleus)
Prokaryotes: bacteria and archaeasingle celled organismsdo not contain membrane bound organelles (so have no nucleus) may have rings of DNA called plasmids (since they don't have a nucleus to store the DNA)

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