Genomic content of the nucleus is constant for a given species where as the extrachromosomal DNA is found to be variable among the members of a population. Explain.

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In prokaryotic cell, Extrachromosomal DNA that means -Plasmid . 23Plasmid found in those bacteria have pili( sex pili). Pili present in Gram-ve bacteria. So plasmid variable - No. of population. But genomic content - Nucleoid is constant for given species

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