Eukaryotic organisms usually have to synthesize much more genomic DNA than is found in bacteria, and the template for replication is chromatin, not just DNA. Also, and perhaps related to the effects o...Eukaryotic organisms usually have to synthesize much more genomic DNA than is found in bacteria, and the template for replication is chromatin, not just DNA. Also, and perhaps related to the effects of this protein-DNA template, replication fork movement is considerably slower in eukaryotes, being only about 1,000 to 3,000 bp per min, compared to the very rapid rate of 50,000 bp per min in bacteria. Consequently, eukaryotic organisms take more time to replicate their genomes.
