What evolutionary advantage do prokaryotes have over eukaryotes?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Prokaryotes are more versatile biochemically than eukaryotes, as evidenced by the fact that
they can use a variety of substances for energy, they can synthesize all of their required
organic molecules from simple inorganic raw materials, and they can live in almost all
regions of the Earth's surface
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