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WHAT IS NUMBER OF ORI IN PROKARIOTIC AND EUKARIOTIC ORGANISM?

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Prokaryotes that contain a single circular chromosome have usually single origin of replication. However, archaebacteria may have several origin of replications.

Eukaryotic cells have many chromosomes, so they have thousands of origin of replication. It may range form 10,000–1,00,000. For human cells have 100,000 origin of replications.

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