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    The MillerUrey experiment, or Miller experiment, was an experiment in chemical synthesis carried out in 1952 that simulated the conditions thought at...
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    One of his Chicago graduate students was Stanley L. Miller, who showed in the MillerUrey experiment that, if such a mixture were exposed to electric sparks...
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    performed the MillerUrey experiment, which showed that complex organic molecules could be synthesised from inorganic precursors. The experiment was widely...
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    precursor molecules necessary for self-replication. The classic 1952 MillerUrey experiment demonstrated that most amino acids, the chemical constituents of...
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  • from ancient times with the philosophy of Aristotle through to the Miller-Urey experiment in 1952. Panspermia is the hypothesis that life exists throughout...
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  • related to later work such as the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis and the MillerUrey experiment, which respectively provided a hypothesis for life’s origin from...
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  • concept of a primordial soup gained credence in 1953 when the "MillerUrey experiment" used a highly reduced mixture of gases—methane, ammonia and hydrogen—to...
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  • "best evidence" of evolution in any of the textbooks. The MillerUrey experiment was an experiment that simulated what were believed to be the conditions...
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  • investigated lightning on the early Earth was the MillerUrey experiment. The MillerUrey experiment sought to recreate the early Earth atmosphere within...
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  • hundreds of millions of viewers. Kirsch explains that he simulated the MillerUrey experiment, using E-Wave's ability to digitally speed forward time, to recreate...
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    Cyanoacetylene is one of the molecules that was produced in the MillerUrey experiment. H − C ≡ C − H + H − C ≡ N ⟶ H − C ≡ C − C ≡ N + H 2 {\displaystyle...
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    compounds, present in meteorites or used in prebiotic experiments (such as the MillerUrey experiment), might be important neurotransmitters, such as γ-aminobutyric...
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    his experiments off of the information found in the MillerUrey experiment. The MillerUrey experiment was performed by scientist Stanley Miller under...
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  • reorganize the periodic table to its current form. (1941–1950). MillerUrey experiment demonstrates that organic compounds can arise spontaneously from...
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  • He inspired other ideas about chemical evolution, including the MillerUrey experiment and the RNA World, all of which are hypotheses that have played...
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    life. This experiment heralded the beginning of the field of synthetic prebiotic chemistry, and is now known as the MillerUrey experiment. On early Earth...
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  • Cyanoacetylene is one of the molecules that was produced in the MillerUrey experiment and is expected to be found in carbon-rich environments. Identification...
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    hydroxyl group, phosphate group, and sulfhydryl group. In 1953, the MillerUrey experiment showed that organic compounds could be synthesized abiotically within...
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  • biochemistry of life. In the same year, the MillerUrey experiment, conducted by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey demonstrated that basic constituents of protein...
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    exception of a lack of water vapor on Titan. The MillerUrey experiment and several following experiments have shown that with an atmosphere similar to that...
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    Homo sapiens History of life Origin of life – hierarchy of life – MillerUrey experiment Macroevolution: adaptive radiation – convergent evolution – extinction...
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  • Hershey–Chase experiment proves that DNA is the hereditary material . 1953 – Stanley L. Miller & Harold C. Urey: MillerUrey experiment demonstrates that...
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  • of Early Earth is widely speculated to have been reducing. The MillerUrey experiment, related to some hypotheses for the origin of life, entailed reactions...
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    being considered key players in the origin of life. In the famous Urey-Miller experiment, the passage of an electric arc through a mixture of methane, hydrogen...
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    terrestrial biology, early laboratory studies, including the famous Miller-Urey Experiment, have shown that amino acids may form under a range of possible...
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    compounds (such as acetylene) to obtain energy. The MillerUrey experiment and several following experiments have shown that with an atmosphere similar to that...
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    involved in the origin of life were synthesized in the Miller-Urey experiment. In this experiment, assumptions must be made about what gases were present...
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    discharge in cold plasma conditions, reminiscent of the famous MillerUrey experiment conducted in 1952. As illustrated to the right, tholins are thought...
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    mixture of alkanes was isolated as well, similar to that found in the MillerUrey experiment. Serine and threonine, usually considered to be earthly contaminants...
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    have contributed to the formation of the planets' atmospheres. The MillerUrey experiment showed that, with the application of energy, simple inorganic compounds...
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