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Question:

Which of the following structures is not found in a prokaryotic cell?

Nuclear envelope

Ribosome

Plasma membrane

Mesosome

Solution:

Prokaryotes are the primitive organisms which lack membrane-bounded organelles and nucleus. A nuclear membrane, also known as the nuclear envelope, nucleolemma or karyotheca, is the double lipid bilayer membrane, which surrounds the genetic material and nucleolus in eukaryotic cells. Therefore, the nuclear envelope is not found in a prokaryotic cell.