The eukaryotic cell differs from the prokaryotic cell in the following ways:
- The eukaryotic cells have a membrane-bound nucleus, whereas the prokaryotic cell has a non-membrane bound nucleoid.
- According to the size, the eukaryotic cell is large when compared to the prokaryotic cell.
- The eukaryotic cell undergoes cell division through a process called mitosis or meiosis, whereas the prokaryotic cell divides through fission or budding.
- Membrane-bound cell organelles are present in eukaryotic cells whereas absent in a prokaryotic cell.
- The process of gene expression occurs in two different cell organelles (nucleus and cytoplasm) in the case of eukaryotic cells, whereas in the prokaryotic cell it occurs in the cytoplasm.
