The RNA molecules of an RNA world on early Earth may have been composed of bases other than A, U, G, and C because ____.
A) DNA does not use all four bases
B) these nucleotides will not form a double helix
C) these nucleotides cannot be created in a Miller-Urey like experiment
D) G is somewhat unstable in water
E) C is somewhat unstable in water
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