Volpe's Understanding Evolution 7th Edition by Peter Rosenbaum

Exercise 3

What is the sequence of events associated with the postulated origin of a living cell?
A) Spontaneous polymerization of nucleotides, self-replicating polynucleotides, protein synthesis, cell-compartment with RNA, emergence of DNA.
B) Emergence of DNA, protein synthesis, emergence of RNA, compartmentalization of the cell.
C) Spontaneous polymerization of nucleotides, self-replicating polynucleotides, protein synthesis, emergence of DNA, cell-compartments with RNA DNA.
D) DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, cell compartmentalization.
E) RNA, DNA, protein synthesis, cell compartmentalization.