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Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The structure that contains the genetic information in a bacterial cell is called the:

A
nucleus
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nucleoid
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nucleolus
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nucleosome
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Solution

The correct option is B nucleoid
The nucleoid is an irregularly shaped region within the cell of a prokaryote that contains all or most of the genetic material, called genophore. So the correct option is 'nucleoid'.

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