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What was the prevailing theory on the origin of life?
Spontaneous Generation
What was the outcome of the Miller-Urey experiment?
Production of organic molecules
Which domain is more related to Archaea than Bacteria?
Eukarya
What did the theory of spontaneous generation propose?
Living creatures could arise from nonliving matter
What did the prevailing theory on the origin of life involve?
Abiotic synthesis of small organic molecules
What is the prevailing theory on the origin of life?
The abiotic synthesis of small organic molecules followed by the packing of these molecules into protocells and the origin of self-replicating molecules
What was the outcome of the Miller-Urey experiment?
Production of small organic molecules such as amino acids and nitrogenous bases
What is the concept of spontaneous generation?
Living creatures arising from nonliving matter in a commonplace and regular manner
What are the steps involved in the prevailing theory on the origin of life?
Abiotic synthesis of small organic molecules, joining of small molecules into macromolecules, packing of these macromolecules into protocells, origin of self-replicating molecules
What is the relationship between Domain Archaea and Domain Bacteria?
They are both prokaryotic domains
Test your knowledge of cellular origins and the steps from abiotic synthesis of organic molecules to a self-replicating cell in BIO 107: Lecture
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