EVOLUTION
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
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Question
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decaying meat produces fly larvae
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adult flies are not attracted to decaying meat
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fly larvae only come from adult flies (reject spontaneous generation)
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fly larvae prefer fresh meat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Redi went on to demonstrate that dead maggots or flies would not generate new flies when placed on rotting meat in a sealed jar, whereas live maggots or flies would. This disproved both the existence of some essential component in once-living organisms, and the necessity of fresh air to generate life.
Detailed explanation-2: -His most famous experiments are described in his magnum opus Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti (Experiments on the Generation of Insects), published in 1668. He disproved that vipers drink wine and could break glasses, and that their venom was poisonous when ingested.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, one of van Helmont’s contemporaries, Italian physician Francesco Redi (1626–1697), performed an experiment in 1668 that was one of the first to refute the idea that maggots (the larvae of flies) spontaneously generate on meat left out in the open air.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1668, the Italian physician and parasitologist Francesco Redi challenged the idea that maggots arose spontaneously from rotting meat. In the first major experiment to challenge spontaneous generation, he placed meat in a variety of sealed, open, and partially covered containers.