Chapters 25, 26, 27 Flashcards
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First main stage of cell creation
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The abiotic synthesis of small organic molecules, such as amino acids and nucleotides.
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Macroevolution
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The pattern of evolution over large time scales
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Second step
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The joining of these small molecules into macromolecules
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Third step
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The packaging of these molecules into protobionts, droplets with membranes that maintained an internal chemistry different from that of their surroundings
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Fourth step
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The origin of self replicating molecules that eventually made inheritance possible.
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Ribozymes
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RNA catalysts that can carry out enzyme like functions
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Protobionts
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Collections of abiotically produced molecules surrounded by a membrane like structure
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Was Dimetrodon related more closely to mammals or reptiles?
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