BIO 160 Study Guide - Final Guide: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Growth Medium, Robert Hooke
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Introduction to biology (ch 1 + other course materials) The common characteristics of all known living things: all known living things, 1. Cells: smallest unit of life, robert hooke named these little squares = cells, 2. The general concepts of cell theory and theory of natural selection, and how these provide a framework for all of biology: cell theory: all organisms are made of cells. And all cells come from pre-existing cells (thanks to anton van leeuwenhoek in the 1660s): luis pasteur"s experiment, pasteur"s question: do cells arise spontaneously or do cells come from other cells, predictions: If cells arise spontaneously then cells will arise in both flasks (from non-living stuff). Implications of pasteur"s experiment: the second part of the cell theory: all cells come from. All cells in a population of single celled organisms are related by a common ancestor: 2. All cells in a multicellular organism are descended from a single cell.
