Developing the cell theory Flashcards
(6 cards)
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Robert Hooke
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-devised a compound (2 lens) light microscope
- his most significant observation was of a slice of cork, he saw what he referred to as cell
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Antony van leeuwenhoek
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- father of modern microscope
-the first person to describe a single cell organisms which he called “ animalicals”
3
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schleiden
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-came to the conclusion that all plants are made of cells
-concluded that new cells come from the nucleus
4
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schwann
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he came to conclusion about animals. All animals are made from cell.
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virchow
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he watched cells dividing and concluded that cells can only come from pre-existing cell
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The cell theory
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-all organisms are composed of one or more cells
-The cell is the smallest functional unit of life
- all cells are produced from one another
