Cells were determined to be the basic structural units of plants and animals, in which of the following time period?

1600's

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1700's

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1800's

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1900's

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Solution

The correct option is A 1800's
The cell was discovered by Robert Hook in 1665. But the statement that cell is the structural and functional unit of life generalized as cell theory in 1839 by Schleiden and Schwann. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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