redi, needham, spallanzani, and pasteur for much of history, people believed that animals could...
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Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, and Pasteur
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For much of history, people believed that animals could come from non-living sources. They thought: Frogs developed from falling drops of rain mice arose from sweaty underwear and flies arose from decaying meat.
This is called abiogenesis Also known as spontaneous generation
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One “scientist” put forward the belief that mice could be generated spontaneously from wheat and a sweaty shirt.
The wheat provided the “nutritive power” and the shirt provided the “active principle.”
“active principle” = a mysterious “life-force” that allowed spontaneous generation to occur.
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Put dead snakes, eels, and veal in large wide mouthed vessels. Sealed one set with wax and left the other set open to air.
Decaying meat was teeming with maggots, sealed meat had no maggots
Wax sealed vessels failed to produce maggots because flies were unable to reach the meat
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You have too many variables
There is a lack of access and a lack of air.
We ALL know that everything needs air
Of course no flies grew! You haven’t proven
anything.
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flies laid eggs on top of meshno maggots in meat
fine mesh allows in air, but not flies
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“All living beings come from seeds of the plants or animals themselves”
However, if someone were to demonstrate even one exception to this hypothesis, then Redi’s hypothesis would be rejected.
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used swan-necked flask
flask allowed in air, but trapped dust (and microbes)
boiled infusion showed that NO
growth occurred, even after many days
BUT -- what about damaging the “active principle”?
(French chemist) entered a contest sponsored by French Academy of Sciences to prove or disprove Spontaneous generation.
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Pasteur showed that the active principle was NOT damaged
at any later time, he could tip the flask
this allowed nutrient broth to contact the dust
this carried microbes into the broth
result: growth!
area where dust had been trapped
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Since then, no one has been able to refute Pasteur’s experiment
scientists everywhere soon came to accept that abiogenesis did NOT EXIST.
but: then how did life on this planet start in the first place?
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Molecule that contained carbon must have formed
These molecules had to become organized into complex molecules like proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids
Scientists mixed water vapor, methane, and hydrogen gasses in simulated early earth conditions
They formed several kinds of amino acids, sugars, and other small organic molecules
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Amino acids were heated without oxygen and they linked to form proteins
These experiments convinced many scientists that organic molecules could have originated from early earth conditions
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Protocell – large, ordered structure, enclosed by a membrane, that carries out some life activities such as growth and division Were created by heating solutions of amino acids
and could have been the origins of modern cells Archaebacteria – prokaryotes that live in
harsh environments, such as deep-sea vents and hot springs May have been first true cells able to survive in
harsh conditions found on earth
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