Chapter 17, Problem 2PDT

Summary Introduction

To explain: The characteristics of the distinction between genotype and phenotype and the stage of the organization at which it came into being.

Introduction: Complex aggregation of molecules gave rise to the simplest living things. The complex aggregation of molecules has no fossil record. Models of the emergence of life can, therefore, be developed based on mathematical theories and laboratory experimentations. All organisms are known to have a single common ancestor. Divergence and formation of species took place due to evolution at various points over several generations.