by sagbff88 on December 18th, 2007

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Who discovered the first biology cell

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  • by iwnit on December 18th, 2007

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    "The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke in 1665. He remarked that it looked strangely similar to cellula or small rooms which monks inhabited, thus deriving the name. However what Hooke actually saw was the dead cell walls of plant cells (cork) . Hooke's description of these cells was published in Micrographia.. The cell walls observed by Hooke gave no indication of the nucleus and other organelles found in most living cells. The first man to witness a live cell under a microscope was Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, who in 1674 described the algae Spirogyra(see). Leeuwenhoek probably also saw bacteria .

    The idea that cells were separable into individual units was proposed by Ludolph Christian Treviranus and Johann Jacob Paul Moldenhawer. All of this finally led to Henri Dutrochet formulating one of the fundamental tenets of modern cell theory by declaring that "The cell is the fundamental element of organization"

    The observations of Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Schleiden, Schwann, Virchow, and others led to the development of the cell theory. The cell theory is a widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things. The cell theory states:

    All living things are composed of cells.
    Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.
    All cells are produced from other cells.
    The cell theory holds true for all living things, no matter how big or small, or how simple or complex. Since cells are common to all living things, they can provide information about all life. And because all cells come from other cells, scientists can study cells to learn about growth, reproduction, and all other functions that living things perform. By learning about cells and how they function, you can learn about all types of living things.

    Credit for developing Cell Theory is usually given to three scientists, Theodore Schwann, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and Rudolf Virchow. In 1839 Schwann and Schleiden suggested that cells were the basic unit of life."
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_theory

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  • by Kyogre-Stataen on December 18th, 2007

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    In the cell theory, the cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke in 1665.

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  • by slimshady2999 on January 25th, 2012

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    Your Mom

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  • by ridhuparan88 on July 28th, 2010

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    Robert hooke

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  • by joanmel on July 25th, 2010

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    according to my research and to my teacher mrs.amacna ROBERT HOOK is the one who discovered the cell he took microscopy as a hobby and used to view various specimen under his microscope.Once, he took a thin slice of cork and observe it under his microscope.Since cork is made up of oak trees,they were made up of cells. Hook observe numerous tiny compartments and called it "cells".

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