Why is it believed that RNA was the first informational molecule to evolve?

a. RNA molecules can replicate into DNA molecules.
b. RNA molecules are more central to modern inheritance than DNA.
c. RNA molecules degrade more slowly in solution than DNA molecules.
d. RNA molecules are much simpler structures than other macromolecules.
e. RNA molecules are able to function as both enzymes and substrates for their own replication.


e

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A) Francisco Redi. B) Harold Urey. C) Louis Pasteur. D) Sidney Altman. E) Alexander Oparin.

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Refer to Figure 40-1. Which labeled portions of the skin would be affected by UV light?


a. 1 and 5
b. 1 and 15
c. 5 and 15
d. 5 and 14
e. 1, 14, 15

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