The
abiogenesis theory that the origins of all
life on
Earth were in nonliving
chemical substances which spontaneously formed in Earth's early
atmosphere and combined to make more
complex chemicals until living cells were formed. Oparin's theory was developed by
Alexander I. Oparin (1894-1980), a
Russian biochemist.
From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.