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Based on Miller's experiments, chemical evolution theory proposes what was the first genetic material?

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This is known as the RNA world hypothesis. Scientists favor RNA over DNA as the first genetic molecule for several reasons. Perhaps the most important is that RNA can, in addition to carrying information, act as a catalyst. ... A catalytic RNA could, potentially, catalyze a chemical reaction to copy itself.

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