What are the basic/general differences between human and bacterial genomes?

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What are the basic/general differences between human and bacterial genomes?

2007-03-12 15:16:41 · 2 answers · asked by jon & Corrie A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Humans(eukaryotes) genome is linear, bacteria(prokaryotes) genome is circular. Bacteria genomes are much smaller, and only have one origin or replication site, whereas humans have many. That is the basic differences with out getting into anything too complex

2007-03-12 15:23:27 · answer #1 · answered by John P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

There is also the fact that human DNA contains significantly more introns and exons than bacterial DNA

2007-03-12 23:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by misoma5 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋