NEETZoologyEvolution
What did similar experiments to Miller’s reveal?
Options
- AFormation of complex life forms
- BFormation of sugars, nitrogen bases, pigments, and fats
- CCreation of oxygen
- DDisappearance of organic compounds
Correct answer
B. Formation of sugars, nitrogen bases, pigments, and fats
Step-by-step solution
Oparin of Russia and Haldane of England proposed that the first form of life could have come from pre-existing non-living organic molecules (e.g. RNA, protein, etc.) and that formation of life was preceded by chemical evolution, i.e., formation of diverse organic molecules from inorganic constituents. The conditions on earth were – high temperature, volcanic storms, In 1953, S.L. Miller, an American scientist created similar conditions on a laboratory scale. He created electric discharge in a closed flask containin