Later, storing genetic information could have similarly been passed on to DNA. ... These molecules then diversified into a group of catalysts that could assemble ribonucleotides in RNA synthesis or accumulate lipid-like molecules to form the first cell membranes. ... Therefore, Lamarck's idea cannot be correct, mainly because these changes do not affect the genetic material. Change happens in genetic material only when games are involved. ... Darwin observed that wild animals and plants showed variations just as domesticated animals and plants did. ...

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