How do prokaryotic cells reproduce? Name two prokaryotes. - Vidyadip

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How do prokaryotic cells reproduce? Name two prokaryotes.

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Reproduction in prokaryotes is asexual and usually takes place by binary fission. The DNA of a prokaryote exists as as a single, circular chromosome. Prokaryotes do not undergo mitosis; rather the chromosome is replicated and the two resulting copies separate from one another, due to the growth of the cell.

Two prokaryotes are E.coli and streptococcus bacteria.

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