Nucleus was discovered by Robert Brown in ______.

Orchid root cells

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Solution

The correct option is C Orchid root cells
A. Orchid root cells
Reason : In 1831, during the investigation of the fertilization mechanisms of plants in the Orchidaceae families, botanist Robert Brown noted the existence of a structure within the cells of orchid roots, as well as many other plants, that he termed the “nucleus” of the cell.
So the correct option is A.

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