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The genomic content of the nucleus is constant for a given species where as the extrachromosomal DNA is found to be variable among the members of a population. Explain.

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In bacteria, additional to the genomic DNA, small circular DNA molecules are present in cytoplasm. These small molecules are called plasmids. They confer unique phenotypic character to bacteria, i.e., resistance to antibiotics. It is also used to monitor bacterial transformation with foreign DNA.
In eukaryotes, the extra DNA molecules are present in chloroplast (stroma) and mitochondria (matrix). Because of the presence of this DNA molecule, they are treated as self autonomous organelles. In case of highly active organism, the DNA extrachromosomal is found to be more as compared to the less active ones.
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