BIOB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Starch, Fetus
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Introduction to the study of cell and molecular biology. Microscope: an instrument that provides a magnified image of a tiny object: discovery unknown. Robert hooke: english microscopist who discovered the cell while studying cork. Anton van leeuwenhoek: dutchman who earned a living selling clothes and buttons: constructed microscopes of higher quality, examined drop of pond water under microscope and called what he observed. These animalcules" darted back and forth: described various forms of bacteria. Matthias schleiden: german lawyer who became a botanist: said that although variance in structure of various tissues, plants were made of cells and that the plant embryo arose from a single cell. Theodor schwann: german zoologist published a report on cellular basis of animal life: concluded that the cells of plants and animals are similar structures and proposed two components of cell theory. Cell theory: all organisms are composed of one or more cells, the cell is the structural unit of life.
