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>After Miller's death in 2007, scientists examining sealed vials preserved from the original experiments were able to show that there were actually well over 20 different amino acids produced in Miller's original experiments. That is considerably more than what Miller originally reported, and more than the 20 that naturally occur in life.
Really interesting anon, thanks. Looks like the real experiment took a bit more time than Miller anticipated. Funny how many scientific breakthroughs occur due to accidents, mistakes & unforeseen circumstances.
>On Earth, a wide variety of soil bacteria are able to use laboratory-produced tholins as their sole source of carbon. Tholins could have been the first microbial food for heterotrophic microorganisms before autotrophy evolved.
Wonder what the plants that are grown from that soil would be like. Any differences/mutations?