Prescott's Microbiology 8th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton, Lansing Prescott, John Harley, Donald Klein

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Prescott's Microbiology 8th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton, Lansing Prescott, John Harley, Donald Klein

Edition 8ISBN: 0077403274

Prescott's Microbiology 8th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton, Lansing Prescott, John Harley, Donald Klein

Edition 8ISBN: 0077403274

Exercise 1

Why is RNA thought to be the first self-replicating biomolecule?

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Answer 1

There are several different things that must occur for life to exist. Most importantly there must be a mechanism to carry information as well as the ability to catalyze biochemical reactions.