Select the scientist who was able to form polypeptides from amino acids nonenzymatically without ribosomes :

Orgel

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Fox

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Urey

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Miller and Urey

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Solution

The correct option is B Fox
Sidney W. Fox did synthesis of amino acids from the inorganic molecules with the help of thermal energy and these were named as proteinoids. So, Fox is the scientist who was able to form polypeptides from amino acids nonenzymatically without ribosomes.
So, the correct option is B.

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