Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
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Chapter 25.2, Problem 2SB
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The evidence that suggests that RNA (ribonucleic acid)molecules may have functioned as molecular replicators in early protocells.
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Protocells are the first formed cells. RNA is a
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Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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- Which of the following is an accurate point that supports the idea that the earliest protocells relied first on RNA (not DNA) as inherited information? A. RNA is composed of lipids, and lipids were present on early Earth before the nucleotides that compose DNA were B. RNA is a monomer (unlike DNA), so it is simpler and more likely to have been used by these simple protocells C. DNA would have been too large to fit into the small protocells, but RNA was small enough to fit D. RNA can serve dual roles as both genetic information storage and an enzyme (but DNA cannot do both) ..arrow_forwardWhat factors could be responsible for the size differences among modern vertebrate genomes?arrow_forwardDo plants and animals have a common multicellular ancestor?arrow_forward
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- With two specific examples, explain why phylogenetics is a useful scientific tool for studying Organismal biology?arrow_forwardWhat genes from the mitochondrion are also used for phylogenetic analysis? Can you name and describe atleast 2 genes?arrow_forwardGeneticists have determined the amount of DNA, the number of different genes, and the size of the cell/nucleus in a wide variety of model organisms. as we move up the phylogenetic scale, the amount of DNA/cell increases much more rapidly than does the volume in which that DNA must be packaged. How do higher organisms package their DNA in the interphase cell?arrow_forward
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