DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
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A2.1. Origins of cells (HL only)

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A2.1.1. Conditions on early Earth and the pre-biotic formation of carbon compounds

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A2.1.2. Cells as the smallest units of self-sustaining life

A2.1.3. Challenge of explaining the spontaneous origin of cells

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A2.1.4. Evidence for the origin of carbon compounds

A2.1.5. Spontaneous formation of vesicles by coalescence of fatty acids into spherical bilayers

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A2.1.6. RNA as a presumed first genetic material

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A2.1.7. Evidence for a last universal common ancestor

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A2.1.8. Approaches used to estimate dates of the first living cells and the last universal common ancestor

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A2.1.9. Evidence for the evolution of the last universal common ancestor in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents

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