13.3 A highly sensitive instrument (which has not yet been invented) detects that one of the carbon atoms exhaled in Darwin's last breath when he died now resides in his blood where it is part of a hemoglobin molecule. Hint how this carbon atom could get from Darwin to you and mention some of the molecules they might have had on that route.

13.3 A highly sensitive instrument (which has not yet been invented) detects that one of the carbon atoms exhaled in Darwin's last breath when he died now resides in his blood where it is part of a hemoglobin molecule. Hint how this carbon atom could get from Darwin to you and mention some of the molecules they might have had on that route.

Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

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Chapter19: Life's Origin And Early Evolution

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