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Assertion: Coacervates are believed to be the precursors of life.
Reason: Coacervates were self-duplicating aggregates of proteins surrounded by lipid molecules.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explaination of assertion

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explaination of assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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C
Oparin and sydney fox held that large organic molecules synthesised abitotically on primitive earth and formed large colloidal particles were called coacervates.In coacervates,liid molecules are joined end to end forming a layer around each aggregate.This represents a single lipid membrane,Coacervates divide by budding like bacteria.
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