BIOL130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Glycerol, Triglyceride, Sickle-Cell Disease
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Robert hooke invented the first microscope (viewed slices of cork cellula ) Leeuwenhoek worked with glass that provided a huge improvement in quality of lenses (300x) He was the first to observe single celled organisms father of microbiology. In 1830 the compound microscope was invented improving magnification and resolution. Robert brown discovered that ever plant cell has a round nucleus. Matthias schleiden discovered all plant tissues are composed of cells embryonic plant always arose from a single cell. Theodor schwann recognized the structural similarities between plants and animals * All organisms consist of one or more cells. The cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms. All cells arise only from pre-existing cells. A scientific fact is an attempt to state our best current understanding based on observations and experiments. It remains valid until more careful observations are made and a better understanding is gained.
