Multiple choice

In Stanley Miller's classic experiment:

  1. nucleic acids were formed

  2. ultraviolet radiation was used

  3. oxygen was one of the starting ingredients

  4. amino acids were formed
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Explanation

Miller's 1953 experiment (with Harold Urey) simulated early Earth conditions and successfully produced amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. No nucleic acids were formed, UV radiation wasn't used, and oxygen was deliberately excluded.

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