A distinctive characteristic of prokaryotes is______ .
A) their oxygen based metabolism
B) their thick cell walls that separate the DNA from the rest of the cell
C) their methane based metabolism
D) their lack of a separation between the DNA and the rest of the cell
E) their ability to produce sugars

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Prokaryotes lack a membrane-bound nucleus, so the DNA is not separated from the rest of the cell by a membrane. Instead, the DNA is located in the cytoplasm in a region called the nucleoid.

A Distinctive Characteristic of Prokaryotes Is______