Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2001

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    Gaseous mixture used by Stanley Miller for synthesis of amino acids through heat and electric discharge included:

    A)  methane, nitrogen, hydrogen and water vapours

    B)  methane, hydrogen, oxygen and water vapours

    C)  methane, ammonia, nitrogen and water vapours

    D)  methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapours

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Stanley Miller in 1953 supported the Oparin view of amino acid synthesis through an ingenious experiment. He placed the mixture of methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapour in a closed system, heated the mixture and given and electrical spark to it.


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