Question

a student wonders whether removing the nucleus from a cell would result in a new prokaryotic cell. why would this procedure fail to produce a prokaryotic cell? the cell would lack genetic information. the cell would lack the structure that is needed to produce energy. the cell would lack the structure that is needed to protect the cells organelles. the cell would lack control over materials that move into and out of the cell.

Explanation:

Prokaryotic cells have genetic material (DNA) in the form of a single - circular chromosome in the cytoplasm. Eukaryotic cells have their DNA mainly in the nucleus. Removing the nucleus from a eukaryotic cell would not make it prokaryotic as it would lack the genetic information that was in the nucleus. Prokaryotes have specific genetic organization and other features that cannot be replicated just by removing the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.

Answer:

The cell would lack genetic information.