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    The cell theory outlines that: 1. All living things are composed of cells. 2. Cells are the basic unit of living organisms. 3. All cells come from preexisting cells through cell division. The cell theory was developed gradually over time based on evidence from early microscope observations of cells by Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Brown, and others. Schwann and Schleiden are credited with formally outlining the first two tenets of the cell theory in the 1830s.

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    The cell theory outlines that: 1. All living things are composed of cells. 2. Cells are the basic unit of living organisms. 3. All cells come from preexisting cells through cell division. The cell theory was developed gradually over time based on evidence from early microscope observations of cells by Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Brown, and others. Schwann and Schleiden are credited with formally outlining the first two tenets of the cell theory in the 1830s.

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    The cell theory outlines that: 1. All living things are composed of cells. 2. Cells are the basic unit of living organisms. 3. All cells come from preexisting cells through cell division. The cell theory was developed gradually over time based on evidence from early microscope observations of cells by Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Brown, and others. Schwann and Schleiden are credited with formally outlining the first two tenets of the cell theory in the 1830s.

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    2.1.

    1 Outline the Cell Theory

    2.1.2 Discuss the evidence for the Cell Theory


    1350
    The ancient Egyptians
    were making glass
    beads 4500 years ago.

    But it took 4000 years


    for someone to use
    these ‘lenses’
    (magnification of x2) as
    spectacles. Italian
    monks did that in the
    14th century.
    1595
    The first recorded microscope consisted of a tube
    with two lenses made by Dutch inventors, Zacharias
    (who was 15 years old!!!) and Hans Janssen.

    It had a maximum magnification of 10X.


    Because this microscope
    has two lenses it is called a
    ‘compound microscope’.

    We call a microscope with


    only one lens….a
    magnifying glass!!
    1665

    This young hottie,


    Robert Hooke,

    used this microscope …..


    … to see this; ‘spaces
    filled with air enclosed
    in little cells’.

    Hooke drew the cells he saw


    and also coined the word
    CELL.

    The word cell is derived from


    the Latin word 'cellula' which
    means small compartment or
    box. Robert Hooke’s Cork Cells
    We use the word today to describe the small room that
    prisoners live in, however in Robert Hooke’s time
    ‘cells’ were the small rooms inhabited by monks.
    1675
    This single lens microscope magnifies to 200X and,

    was used by Anton van Leeuwenhoek to discover tiny


    ‘animalcules’ (protozoa) in stagnant water.

    Anton was therefore the first person ever to


    see a living cell!
    For me, the most
    amazing thing about
    van Leeuwenhoek’s
    microscope was it’s
    size…..!

    In 1683, Anton uses his


    tiny microscope to find
    bacteria in saliva.

    What a man!
    1805
    Lorenz Oken said‘All
    living organisms
    originate from and
    consist of cells’

    But he and Rene Dutochet (who


    in 1805 said “All animals and
    plants are made of cells”) don’t
    get as much credit as they
    deserve …. in my opinion.

    You’ll see what I mean in a minute!


    1831

    Robert Brown looks


    at orchid cells and
    notices that each has
    a dark spot in their
    centre. Even though
    he didn’t call it a
    ‘nucleus’ as we do, it
    was an important
    observation that he
    later extended to
    animal cells.
    Brown used this
    microscope (magnification
    ~300X)….

    …to see this.

    Note the nucleus in each cell.


    1839
    Zis is very
    strange!

    Theodor Schwann,
    another hottie, was
    studying animal embryos
    and noticed there was a
    strange resemblance of
    some parts of the spinal
    cord to plant cells.
    Schwann’s friend, Matthias Schleiden came to dinner to
    discuss his exciting new observations of Robert Brown’s
    nuclei in plant cells. They are credited with formulating the
    first two parts of the cell theory:

    1. All living things are


    composed of cells
    2. Cells are the basic
    unit of living organisms

    Don’t you wish you


    were invited to
    dinner that night?
    1858
    Rudolf Virchow observes cells dividing
    into two new cells (mitosis).

    (Magnification
    Schwann had said that
    400X) ‘all living things are made of
    one or more cells’.

    Virchow suggested
    the third part of the
    cell theory: ‘all
    cells come from
    cells that already
    exist’.
    1933
    The first electron microscope is built.

    Light microscopes have a


    maximum magnification of
    2000X if you’re lucky…

    …. Electron
    microscopes can
    magnify up to
    500,000X
    Mid 1900’s to present day

    Refinements to microscopes and staining


    techniques led to greater detail being
    observed in cells.
    Chromosomes were observed for the first
    time in dividing cells which led to the last
    part of the cell theory: “4. Cells contain
    inherited information (genes)”.
    This inherited information is used as
    instructions for growth, functioning and
    development.
    So, the Cell Theory states that,

    1. All living things are composed of cells

    2. Cells are the smallest unit of life

    3. All cells come from cells that already exist

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