The Fundamental Unit of Life — Science STD 9 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceThe Fundamental Unit of Life1 Mark
MCQ
New cells arise from pre$-$existing cell is the statement given by:
A
Max Schultze.
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R. Virchow.
C
Altmann.
D
Purkinje.
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Answer
Correct option: B.
R. Virchow.
Rudolf Virchow famously stated Omnis cellula e cellula, i.e., All cells only arise from pre$-$existing cells. Virchow was a major advocate of the cell theory and published an influential theory that cells arose from each other in a continuous series of generations. He opposed spontaneous generation and carried out experiments in the $1850$ to show that nematodes do not arise spontaneously.
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