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Chapter 25, Problem 5TYU
Which of the following steps has not yet been accomplished by scientists studying the origin of life?
- (A) synthesis of small RNA
polymers by ribozymes - (B) formation of molecular aggregates with selectively permeable membranes
(C) formation of protocells that use DNA to direct the
(D) abiotic synthesis of organic molecules
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