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Robert Hook • 1665 - Hook used a primitive microscope to view cork. What he saw (cell walls) he described as “cells” because they looked like rooms in a monastery. The Cell Theory (1835-1855) Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow 1. All living things are composed of cells. 2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things. 3. New cells are produced from existing cells. Two categories of cells • Eukaryotes (eu “true”; karyon “nucleus”) are cells that have a nucleus. • Prokaryotes (pro “before”) do not contain nuclei. • Nucleus – large membrane-enclosed structure that contains the cell’s genetic material in the form of DNA. Comparison Prokaryotes • Smaller and simpler than eukaryotes • Genetic material not contained in nucleus • Carry out activities associated with living things: grow, reproduce, respond to environment and some move • Example: bacteria
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