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AProkaryotes have several linear ones
BEukaryotes have one circular one
CEukaryotes have linear chromosomes
DProkaryotes have no chromosome
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Eukaryotes have linear chromosomes
1. A prokaryote packs its DNA into a single circular chromosome.
2. A eukaryote instead carries several rod-shaped chromosomes, and these are linear structures.
3. So the circular arrangement belongs to prokaryotes and the linear arrangement to eukaryotes.
4. Prokaryotes do carry a chromosome, so the answer denying it is wrong.
5. Eukaryotic chromosomes are linear.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Cell Structure", section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells_
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