aminzairi Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Can someone explain to me what's the difference between spontaneous generation, abiogenesis, biogenesis and endosymbiotic theory. Plus is biogenesis false since scientists believe that the first cell arises from non-living matter. Thank you in advance ☺️ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav19 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Pretty sure this is late af but w.e. Spontaneous generation - theory that living things arise from non-living matter. Pasteur disapproved it using the broth experiment, he boiled the 2 broths to kill all the organisms then, he took 2 flasks, one was sterile, other was not. The control (non-sterile) flask had growth after a few days of being left in the open, while the other didn't. Abiogenesis - kinda similar to spontaneous gen., but this one relates more to the origin/creation of life. It basically asks, "where did the first living thing (cell) come from." Kinda disapproved since it's basically spontaneous gen. Biogenesis - THIS is actually the accepted theory, states that origin of life is from pre-existing cells. Pasteur, Redi Endosymbiosis - theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic organisms. States that organelles like mitochondria and chloropast kinda merged in. For example, mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA, evidence of this theory. Hope I helped lol 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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