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Describe S.L. Miller's experiment. Comment on the observations he made and his contribution towards the origin of life on Earth.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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  • In 1953, S.L. Miller an American Scientist created conditions like high temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere containing CH_{4}, NH_{3}, etc. in the laboratory scale.
  • He created electric discharge in a closed flask containing CH_{4}, NH_{3}, H_{2} and water vapour at 800^{\circ}C.

Observations:-

  • He observed the formation of amino acids.
  • In similar experiments, others observed the formation of sugars, nitrogen bases, pigments and fats.
  • This experiment gave the theory of abiogenesis, i.e, the first form of life arose slowly through evolutionary forces from non - living molecules.

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