According to the discovery made in 1980's. RNA can act like enzyme to assemble new RNA molecules on RNA template. Which of the following statements is not proved by this theory?

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According to the discovery made in 1980's. RNA can act like enzyme to assemble new RNA molecules on RNA template. Which of the following statements is not proved by this theory? (A) Coacervates may not have been the first step in the evolution of life (B) Perhaps the first macromolecule was RNA (C) Coacervates were the basis for the first cell (D) After formation of RNA, stability of molecule improved by surrounding RNA within a coacervate

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As in coacervates lipid outer membrane was absent and they cannot reproduce, they fail to fulfil the requirement as a candidate for precursor of life.

Q. According to the discovery made in $1980's$. RNA can act like enzyme to assemble new RNA molecules on RNA template. Which of the following statements is not proved by this theory?

Coacervates may not have been the first step in the evolution of life

Perhaps the first macromolecule was RNA

Coacervates were the basis for the first cell

After formation of RNA, stability of molecule improved by surrounding RNA within a coacervate

As in coacervates lipid outer membrane was absent and they cannot reproduce, they fail to fulfil the requirement as a candidate for precursor of life.