Both plus and minus ends will be stable

Plus

end will rapidly shorten and minus end will be stable or shorten slowly

Both plus and minus ends will shorten at a

similar rate

Plus end will start growing while minus end will start shortening

Both ends will grow, yet with

different rate

smaller ~10 times

varies dramatically among different species and might be smaller or similar to the chloroplast DNA

slightly smaller

of similar size

acidic (<7)

shifts from acidic to neutral depending on the respiration rate

strongly basic (>9)

neutral (~7)

slightly basic (~8)

RNA polymerase I

RNA polymerase II

RNA polymerase III

Animals and fungi

Animals and plants

Archaea and Eukaryotes

Animals only

All eukaryotes

Bacteria and Eukaryotes

During G1-to-S phase transition

During the entire G1 period

Late mitosis and early G1

In late G1 after restriction point/START have been passed by a cell

in parallel with other components of the cell theory

significantly later, at the beginning of 20-th century

before other components of the cell theory

later in 19-th century

Single-strand annealing

Homologous recombination

Non-homologous end joining

Both types one and two (HR and NHEJ)

early metaphase

prophase

anaphase

prometaphase

late metaphase