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NEET 2003
Exam
NEET
Year
2003
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Biological Classification

NEET 2003 · Botany · Biological Classification

Chromosomes in a bacterial cell can be 1-3 in number and:

Chromosomes in a bacterial cell can be 1−31-3 in number and:

Options

  1. Aare always circular
  2. Bare always linear
  3. Ccan be either circular or linear, but never both within the same cell
  4. Dcan be circular as well as linear within the same cell

Correct answer

A. are always circular

Step-by-step solution

Prokaryotic cells contain their chromosome as circular entity. Usually, the entire genome is a single molecule of circular DNA but often the number may vary up to three. Related Theory Bacterial chromosomes and plasmids are double-stranded circular DNA molecules and are often referred to as covalently closed circular DNA, or cccDNA.
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