Prokaryotes are considered by the scientific community as the most ancient life-forms on earth. yet, these primitive cells share many common characteristics with the more modern eukaryotes. however, one significant difference between these two cell types is that only eukaryotes

a. membrane-bound compartments to carry out specialized functions

b. a selectively-permeable cell membrane to maintain homeostasis

c deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) to serve as a template to produce proteins

d. a rigid cell wall which provides structure and support