BIOB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-27: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Spindle Apparatus, Protein Filament
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Chapter 1: introduction to the study of cell and molecular biology. Microscope is an object that magnify a small object such as cells. Robert hooke is the man who discovered cells by experimenting on the cork from part of the tree and why it held air so well in a bottle of wine. Antonie van leeuwenhoek was the first to analyze a pond water and discover animalcus . He was also the first to discover bacteria in water dipped with pepper. Schleiden proposed that plants have cells too and that their embryo cells were made from single cell. Schwan compiled a comprehensive report on cellular basis of animals and he also concluded on how animal and plant cellular structure are similar. All organism are composed of one or more cell. Cell is the basic unit of life. Cells can arise only by dividing from preexisting cells. This idea was proposed by virchow to refute the theory from schleiden and.
