What experiment was named after Urey and his student?
Watson-Crick Model
Keeling Curve
Miller-Urey Experiment
Franklin-Helical Scanning
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The Miller-Urey experiment, named after Stanley Miller and his Ph.D. advisor Harold Urey, was a groundbreaking experiment conducted in 1952 that simulated the conditions on early Earth and demonstrated that basic organic molecules could be formed from inorganic precursors. The experiment helped support the hypothesis that life could have originated from non-living matter, and has had a profound impact on our understanding of the origins of life.
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