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Discovery of cells
Robert Hook was the scientist to discover the cell by studying things such as berries fleas plants Etc. He named them cells due to the structure of a plant cell that reminded him of a small room or cell. -
witnessing cells
Zacharias Jansen, while the first to witness a live cell under a microscope was Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who in 1674 described the algae Spirogyra and named the moving organisms animalcules, meaning "little animals" -
examples of discoverys
Leeuwenhoek discovered protozoa. He saw bacteria some 9 years later.
Brown descibed the cell nucleus in cells of the orchid.
Kolliker described mitochondria. -
purpose of cells
Schwann and Schleiden suggested that cells were the basic unit of life. -
how cells are created
Rudolf Virchow concluded that all cells come from pre-existing cells, thus completing the classical cell theory. (Note that the idea that all cells come from pre-existing cells -
cell theory
In 1858, Rudolf Virchow suggested that all cells come from preexisting cells. The ideas of these three scientists led to the creation of what is now called the cell theory. -
main aspects created
The three main rules of the cell theory are that anything that is living is composed of cells, The chemical reactions that occur in an organism occur in cells and All cells come from preexisting cells. -
Research of cells modern
It became possible to maintain, grow, and manipulate cells outside of living organisms.