Distinguish between transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

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Transcription in Prokaryotes Transcription in Eukaryotes
$1$. Transcription products are functional in $situ$. $1$. Transcription products must be transported out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm to become functional.
$2$. Only a single type of $RNA$ polymerase is involved. $2$. Three distinct types of $RNA$ polymerases $(I, II, III)$ are involved.
$3$. $mRNA$ is polycistronic. $3$. $mRNA$ is monocistronic.
$4$. Splicing is not required as there are no introns. $4$. Splicing is required to remove introns from the primary transcript.

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