DNA replication in bacteria occurs
- within nucleolus
- prior to fission
- just before transcription
- during S phase
Answer
(2) prior to fission
Solution
Bacteria are prokaryotes: they have no nucleus or nucleolus, and their cell cycle is not divided into G1, S and G2 phases (the S phase is a feature of the eukaryotic cell cycle).
⇒ Bacteria reproduce mainly by binary fission.
∵ Each daughter cell must receive a complete genome, the single circular DNA replicates before the cell divides.
∴ DNA replication in bacteria occurs prior to fission.
Answer: (2)