Question

Who independently proposed RNA as the first genetic material in the 1960s?

Options

• Stanley Miller and Harold Urey

• Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman

• Carl Woese, Francis Crick, and Leslie Orgel

• A.I. Oparin and J.B.S. Haldane

Answer 1

Carl Woese, Francis Crick, and Leslie Orgel independently proposed RNA as the first genetic material in the 1960s, providing the theoretical foundation for the RNA World Hypothesis that would be formally named by Walter Gilbert two decades later.