Miller-urey experiment origin of life
Miller-urey experiment simple explanation.
Miller–Urey experiment
Experiment testing the origin of life
The Miller–Urey experiment,[1] or Miller experiment,[2] was an experiment in chemical synthesis carried out in 1952 that simulated the conditions thought at the time to be present in the atmosphere of the early, prebiotic Earth.
It is seen as one of the first successful experiments demonstrating the synthesis of organic compounds from inorganic constituents in an origin of life scenario. The experiment used methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3), hydrogen (H2), in ratio 2:2:1, and water (H2O).
Applying an electric arc (simulating lightning) resulted in the production of amino acids.
Miller-urey experiment results
It is regarded as a groundbreaking experiment, and the classic experiment investigating the origin of life (abiogenesis). It was performed in 1952 by Stanley Miller, supervised by Nobel laureate Harold Urey at the University of Chicago, and published the following year.
At the time, it supported Alexander Oparin's
