Biology Now (Second Edition)
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The prokaryotes are considered as the oldest form of lives that have first evolved on the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago. It includes bacteria and archaea domains. They are unicellular organism that reproduces through an asexual method called binary fission. It lacks membrane bound organelles. It contains cell organelles such as the plasma membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and genetic material that are present within the cell.

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