Why were the first RNA replication experiments insufficient support for the RNA world hypothesis?

a. The experiments did not demonstrate natural selection.
b. RNA could not adapt to environmental challenges.
c. The RNA produced was not self-replicating.
d. No mutations occurred in the RNA.
e. Mutations occurred but they were not heritable.


C

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