What is one difference between gene regulation in prokaryotes and ekaryotes?
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One difference between gene regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes is the presence of introns and exons in eukaryotic genes. Eukaryotic genes are composed of both coding regions (exons) and non-coding regions (introns), whereas prokaryotic genes do not have introns. This difference affects the process of gene regulation as the presence of introns in eukaryotic genes allows for alternative splicing, which can lead to the production of multiple protein isoforms from a single gene. In prokaryotes, gene regulation is typically achieved through the binding of regulatory proteins to specific DNA sequences or operons.