Although a prokaryotic cell has no defined nucleus, yet DNA is not scattered throughout the cell. Explain. [2]

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DNA is negatively charged. The positively charged proteins hold it in places, in large loops in a region called nucleoid. Hence DNA is not scattered in the cytoplasm of a prokaryotic cell. [2]

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