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Standard VIII
Biology
Nucleus in Cell
Who described...
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Who described a living cell for the very first time?
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek
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Robert Hooke
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Malthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann
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Rudolf Virchow
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek
Anton von Leeuwenhoek first observed and described a living cell.
Robert Hooke discovered cell for the first time and it was a cork cell (dead cell).
Malthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann proposed the cell theory.
Rudolf Virchow first explained that cells divided and new cells are formed from pre-existing cells (Omnis cellula-e cellula).
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