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AP Biology›Unit 7: Natural Selection›Natural Selection

Origins of Life on Earth

Hypotheses like the RNA world explain how simple organic molecules could lead to the first cells.

Early Earth conditions
Miller–Urey
RNA world

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Natural and Artificial Selection
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Evidence of Evolution and Common Ancestry
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Origins of Life on Earth

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