"New cells arise from pre-existing cell" is the statement given by
A
Max Schultze
No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
B
R. Virchow
Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses
C
Altmann
No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
D
Purkinje
No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
Open in App
Solution
The correct option is B R. Virchow Rudolf Virchow famously stated "Omnis cellula e cellula", i.e., "All cells only arise from pre-existing cells."
Virchow was a major advocate of the cell theory and published an influential theory that cells arose from each other in a continuous series of generations.
He opposed spontaneous generation and carried out experiments in the 1850s to show that nematodes do not arise spontaneously.