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What is a nucleoid? Explain shortly.


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Nucleoid:

  1. It is an irregularly shaped space where the genetic material of the cell is located.
  2. Nucleoids generally contain a single pair of chromosomes.
  3. The genetic material of the cell is very long in size and shape.
  4. It undergoes supercoiling and fits within the nucleoid.
  5. Nucleoid does not contain any membrane that surrounds it.

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