Reproduction Flashcards
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What is reproduction?
This is the process which an organism gives rise to another individual of its own kind
There are many different ways to reproduce
Reproduction is the most important thing to any organism
Who gave cells their name? What date?
Robbert Hooke, 1665
What did Anton Van Leeuwenhoek do?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek produced his own microscopes up to 300x in 1967 and with them examines blood cells, sperm cells, and pond water, all containing organisms that no one had ever seen before
What centuries did microscope technology improve?
18th and 19th centuries
What did Robert Brown notice in in 1831?
Robert Brown notices that every cell he looks at has the same round central body, He names it the nucleus and is convinced every cell had one
What did Matthias Schlelden say in 1838?
He proposed that all plants are made up of cells
What did Theodor Schwann say in 1839?
He proposed that all animals are made of cells
What did Rudolph Virchow do in 1858?
Rudolph Virchow developed the first cell theory
What are all organisms made up of?
Cells
What do all cells arise from?
All cells arise from previously existing cells
What does the activity of an organism depend on?
The activity of an organism depends on the total activity of its indivisual cells
