Question

Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by :

• A. Haeckel
• B. Virchow
• C. Hooke
• D. Schleiden

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Virchow

The correct option is B

Explanation of the correct option :

1. Rudolph Von Virchow was a German physician, who was also regarded as the “ father of modern pathology ”.
2. In 1855, he expanded the cell theory by adding the statement " all cells exist from pre-existing cells".
3. He published this in a book named “ omnis cellula e cellula” ( every cell stems from another cell).
4. He concluded that cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things and that all the cells arise from a preexisting cell by division.

Explanation of the incorrect option :

Option A:

Ernst Haeckel proposed the biogenetic law i.e. a theory of development and evolution in the late 1860s.

Option C:

Robert Hooke discovered the structure of cells in a dead cork in 1665.

Option D:

Matthias Jacob Schleiden proposed the cell theory for plants, stating that all living things are composed of one or more cells and each cell arises from a preexisting cell.

Final answer: Cell arises from the pre-existing cells as stated by Virchow.