The first genetic material on Earth was probably _____

A) DNA produced by reverse transcriptase from abiotically produced RNA
B) DNA molecules whose information was transcribed to RNA and later translated in polypeptides
C) self-replicating RNA molecules
D) oligopeptides located within protobionts


C

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