Who discovered cells in the slices of cork?

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 coined the term "cells" for them as these reminded him of the cells in a monastery.

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