Q. Which one of the following is incorrect about the characteristics of protobionts (coacervates and microspheres) as envisaged in the abiogenic origin of life?
A) They could maintain an internal environment
B) They were able to reproduce
C) They could separate combinations of molecules from the surroundings
D) They were partially isolated from the surroundings
Explanation
[Solution from source] Protobionts such as coacervates and microspheres were membrane-bounded droplets that kept an internal environment partly separate from their surroundings, but they lacked genetic material and so could not truly reproduce. Maintaining an internal environment is a correct property, not the incorrect one. Answer (2).
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