LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

CELL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Cell was discovered by
A
Leeuwenhoek
B
Robert Hooke
C
Robert Swanson
D
Robert Brown
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1665, Robert Hooke published Micrographia, a book filled with drawings and descriptions of the organisms he viewed under the recently invented microscope. The invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell by Hooke.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cell was first discovered and named by ROBERT HOOKE in 1665. He remarked that it looked strangely similar to cellula or small rooms which monks inhabited, thus deriving the name. However what Hooke actually saw was the dead cell walls of plant cells (cork) as it appeared under the microscope.

Detailed explanation-3: -George Emil Palade is considered to be the father of cell biology. He pioneered the use of the electron microscope and with the help of it, he could discover the ribosomes and the activity of secretory proteins.

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