BIOB10Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Matthias Jakob Schleiden
29 Aug 2016
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Chapter 1: introduction to the study of cell and molecular biology. Microscope provides a magnified image of a tiny object. The discovery of cells robert hookie, why stoppers made of cork were so suited to holding air in a bottle. Anton van leeuwenhoek first to examine a drop of pod water under microscope, first to describe various forms of bacteria. Matthias schleiden plants were made of cells and the plant embryo arose from a single cell. Theodor schwann cell theory: all organisms are composed of one or more cells, the cell is the structural unit of life, rudolf virchow cells can arise only by division from a pre- existing cell. Cells possess a genetic program and the means to use it. The molecular structure of genes allows for changes in genetic info leading to variation basis of biological evolution. Cells are capable of producing more of themselves.
