Multiple Choice
Although DNA is the main hereditary material in all life-forms,it lacks one important characteristic to make it a candidate for the first life-form.Why have researchers rejected the idea that DNA was found in the first life-form?
A) It does not function as a catalyst.
B) It is not stable enough to have withstood early Earth's harsh atmosphere.
C) Because it has only four different bases,it does not carry enough information;therefore,it cannot adapt and evolve.
D) The type of sugar found in DNA is much too complicated to have been present early in Earth's history.
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