Protocells are considered a key step in the origin of life. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic typically associated with protocells?
Membrane-bound compartments
Simple metabolic activity
Ability to undergo fission
Developed DNA replication mechanisms
Related Questions
Which of the following experiment suggested that simplest living organisms could not have originated spontaneously from non-living matter?
Microbes did not appear in stored meat
Larvae could appear in decaying organic matter
Microbes appeared from unsterilized organic matter
Meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept sealed in a vessel
Big-Bang theory attempts to explain the origin of
Earth
Solar-system
Universe
Contenents
The first enzyme on the primitive earth was/were
Proteins
DNA
RNA
Amino acids
Which group of organisms is believed to be evolved first on earth?
Arthropods
Coelenterates
Protozoans
Reptiles
The idea that the life originates from pre-existing life is referred as
Biogenesis theory
Special creation theory
Abiogenesis theory
Extraterrestrial theory
The first non-cellular form of life could have originated
3 billion years back
2 billion years back
4 billion years back
1 billion years back
Which macromolecule is believed to have been the first genetic material?
DNA
Protein
RNA
Carbohydrate
The term ‘Hot dilute soup’ was coined by
Oparin
Haldane
Urey
None of these
The abiogenesis occurred about how many billion years ago?
1.2 billion
1.5 billion
2.5 billion
3.5 billion
Which gas was likely ABSENT in the early Earth's atmosphere according to the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis?
Methane ()
Ammonia ()
Water vapor ()
Oxygen ()
