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Period: Oct 23, 1500 to
A History of Cell Biology
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Robert Hooke examines cork cells with one of the first microscopes
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van Leeuwenhoek witnesses live plant cells and describes protozoa
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Brown describes the nucleus of a cell
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Schleiden and Schwann propose the cell theory - a cornerstone of biological doctrine
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Kolliker describes mitochondria
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Virchow announces that cells develop only from other cells.
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The behavior of chromosomes during cell division is described.
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first transmission electron microscope produced
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first continuous cell line is cultured
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mice are cloned from somatic cells