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"Lysosomes" were discovered by

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Haekel
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Christian de Duve
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Hugo de Vries
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Purkinje
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The correct option is B Christian de Duve
Lysosomes are small vesicles containing hydrolyzing enzymes and surrounded by a single membrane of lipids. They were discovered by Christian de Duve in 1955 but were named and observed under an electron microscope by Novikoff in 1956.

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