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Question
The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes are also known as
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nucleus
nucleolus
nucleic acid
nucleoid
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Solution
nucleoid
Explanation -
The prokaryotic cells lack a true nucleus and a circular DNA lies naked in the cytoplasm. The unidentified nuclear region of the cell is called the nucleoid. The prokaryotic cell lacks chromosomes and nucleolus or nuclear membrane and nucleoplasm remain undifferentiated from the cytoplasm.
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