This allowed the simulation of lightning in an atmosphere similar in composition to early Earth, and the resultant water contained trace amounts of 9 amino acids.
Cairns-Smith proposed an alternative synthetic approach involving supposed crystal genes which could take advantage of the crystallization and the irregularities in clay for structural replication. Designed to test Oparin and Haldane's hypothesis, it was similar to experiments conducted by Joan Oro and K.A. Wilde. The experimental apparatus contained heated water vapor which was passed through a chamber containing CH4, NH3, H2CO2 and other gasses, and exposed to electricity. The water vapor was then condensed and sampled. This allowed the simulation of lightning in an atmosphere similar in composition to early Earth, and the resultant water contained trace amounts of 9 amino acids. For 10 points, name this 1953 experiment on the origin of organic compounds performed by two namesake University of Chicago biochemists.
Cairns-Smith proposed an alternative synthetic approach involving supposed crystal genes which could take advantage of the crystallization and the irregularities in clay for structural replication.
{Miller-Urey} Experiment [or {Urey-Miller} Experiment]