Question: how do ribosomes differ in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
Answer: Prokaryotic ribosomes are smaller (70S) than eukaryotic ribosomes (80S). ... In eukaryotes, rRNA in ribosomes has four strands whereas, in prokaryotes, rRNA is organized into three strands in ribosomes . • In eukaryotic cells, ribosomes are in free and bound form, whereas prokaryotic cells have only free form.