Multiple Choice
A current leading hypothesis about the first system of inheritance in the earliest life forms involves
A) self- replicating RNA molecules aided by ribozymes.
B) proteins that served as templates for RNA molecules,leading to the formation of DNA.
C) self- replicating DNA molecules (the "DNA world" hypothesis) .
D) self- replicating polypeptides aided by ribosomes.
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