MCQ
New cells arise from pre-existing cell is the statement given by:
  • A
    Max Schultze.
  • B
    R. Virchow.
  • C
    Altmann.
  • D
    Purkinje.

Answer

  1. R. Virchow.

Explanation:

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 1850s to show that nematodes do not arise spontaneously.

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