Who discovered cells in cork slices?

Robert Hooke

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Carl Linnaeus

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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Louis Pasteur

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Solution

The correct option is A
Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke, in 1665, observed thin slices of cork under a simple magnifying device. He observed box-like structures and named them the "cells"; as these reminded him of the cells in a monastery.

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