Who proposed that the first form of life could have come from pre-existing non-living organic molecule?
A
S. L. Miller
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B
Oparin and Haldane
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C
Alfred Wallace
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D
Hugo de Vries
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Solution
The correct option is B Oparin and Haldane The theory of biogenesis was proposed by Oparin and Haldane. It states that 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.