Choose the proper item below for statements 60–63
a. Thomas Brock
b. Stanley Miller
c. Jeon Kwang
d. Lynn Margulis
e. Australian researcher(s)
M 60. He/she is a major proponent of endosymbiosis.
E 61. He/she very early provided experimental evidence
for endosymbiosis.
D 62. He/she discovered an organism that contains a heatresistant
enzyme.
D 63. He/she conducted the first primitive atmosphere
simulation experiment.
Answers: 60. d, 61. c, 62. a, 63. b
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