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JIPMER 2007
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2007
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Evolution

JIPMER 2007 · Zoology · Evolution

Which one of the following experiments suggests that simplest...

Which one of the following experiments suggests that simplest living organisms could not have originated spontaneously from non-living matter?

Options

  1. AMicrobes did not appear in stored meat
  2. BLarvae could appear in decaying organic matter
  3. CMicrobes appeared from unsterilized organic matter
  4. DMeat was not spoiled, when heated and kept sealed in a vessel

Correct answer

D. Meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept sealed in a vessel

Step-by-step solution

Francesco Redi, an Italian physician, took the flesh and cooked it so that no organisms were left alive. Then he placed flesh in three jars, of which, one was uncovered, the second was covered with parchment and the third one was covered with fine muslin. He kept these jar for a few days and observed that maggots developed only in the uncovered jar through the flies also visited other jars. So, the correct answer is 'Meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept sealed in a vessel'.
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