Question

Question 13
The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes is also known as

(a) nucleus
(b) nucleolus
(c) nucleic acid
(d) nucleoid

Answer 1

(d) nucleoid

The undefined region of prokaryotes is nucleoid. It is the region of the cell that houses the primary DNA.

The nucleoid, then, also has no membrane around it. It attached to the cell membrane and in immediate contact with the cytoplasm. The nucleoid also doesn’t take a uniform shape and has no specific size.