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CELL BIOLOGY

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Who were the people who created the cell theory by their combined work? Select one or more answers.
A
Matthias Schleidan
B
Oscar Hertwig
C
Theodor Schwann
D
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser
E
Rudolf Virchow
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The three scientists that contributed to the development of cell theory are Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow.

Detailed explanation-2: -The classical cell theory was proposed by Theodor Schwann in 1839. There are three parts to this theory. The first part states that all organisms are made of cells. The second part states that cells are the basic units of life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Virchow’s theory stated that just as animals are unable to arise without previously existing animals, cells are unable to arise without previously existing cells. The idea that new cells arose from pre-existing cells in both diseased and healthy tissue was not original.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1838, Rudolf Virchow proposed that ‘Omnis cellula e cellula’ which means that new cells develop from the pre-existing cell by division. The discovery of Rudolf Virchow has modified the cell theory because, before the Rudolf Virchow discovery, Schleiden thought that the new cell gets bud off from the nucleus.

Detailed explanation-5: -Virchow’s cellular theory was encapsulated in the epigram Omnis cellula e cellula ("all cells (come) from cells"), which he published in 1855. (The epigram was actually coined by François-Vincent Raspail, but popularized by Virchow.)

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