LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

CELL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following scientists contributed to the cell theory?
A
Rudolf Virchow, Robert Hooke, Anton van Leuwenhoek
B
Matthais Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow
C
Robert Hooke, Theodor Schwann, Anton von Leuwenhoek
D
Theodor Schwann, Matthais Schleiden, Robert Hooke
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The three scientists that contributed to the development of cell theory are Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow. A component of the cell theory is that all living things are composed of one or more cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Credit for developing cell theory is usually given to three scientists: Theodor Schwann, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and Rudolf Virchow. In 1839, Schwann and Schleiden suggested that cells were the basic unit of life. Their theory accepted the first two tenets of modern cell theory (see next section, below).

Detailed explanation-3: -Matthias Jacob Schleiden helped develop the cell theory in Germany during the nineteenth century. Schleiden studied cells as the common element among all plants and animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Virchow’s greatest accomplishment was his observation that a whole organism does not get sick-only certain cells or groups of cells. In 1855, at the age of 34, he published his now famous aphorism “omnis cellula e cellula” (“every cell stems from another cell”).

Detailed explanation-5: -Matthias Jacob Schleiden was a German botanist who, with Theodor Schwann, cofounded the cell theory. In 1838 Schleiden defined the cell as the basic unit of plant structure, and a year later Schwann defined the cell as the basic unit of animal structure.

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