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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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D

Rudolf Virchow

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The correct option is A 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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A	Anton Von Leeuwenhoek	i	Omnis cellula-e cellula
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C	Schleiden and Schwann	iii	Discovered the nucleus
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