GEN BIO (MIDTERMS)

Cards (7)

  • 3 postulates of theory
    • all living organisms are made up of cells
    • cells come from pre-existing cells
    • cell is the structural and functional unit of cell
  • 1665- robert hooke describe cells in 'cork'
  • 1674- Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered protozoa using his own compound microscope
  • 1838- Matthias Jacob Scheliden (all plants are made up of cells)
  • 1839- Theodor Schwann (all animals are made up of cells)
  • 1858- Ruldof Virchow expounds his conclusions (omnis cellula e cellula)
  • omnis cellula e cellula- cells develop only from existing cells