In 2013, Researchers Constructed a Vesicle That Could Copy a Template

question 22

Multiple Choice

In 2013, researchers constructed a vesicle that could copy a template strand of RNA. Which of the following best states the significance of this evidence with regard to the abiotic origin of life?

• A) On early Earth, such vesicles could increase in abundance more than vesicles that could not copy a template strand of RNA.
• B) On early Earth, such vesicles were better able to acquire energy than vesicles that could not copy a template strand of RNA.
• C) This experimental achievement demonstrated that RNA is a more chemically stable repository of information than is DNA.
• D) This experimental achievement proved that such vesicles could produce daughter protocells.

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