Cell : The Unit of Life
Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 11 · Biology
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What to Focus On
- Cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of life.
- Unicellular organisms are independent and perform all life functions in one cell.
- Multicellular organisms have many cells with different functions.
- Schleiden studied plant tissues and found that plants are made of cells.
- Schwann studied animal cells and supported the cellular basis of life.
- Virchow explained that cells divide to form new cells.
- Cells vary in size and shape.
- The smallest cells are mycoplasmas.
- The largest isolated single cell is the ostrich egg.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
All living organisms have one cell and one nucleus in each cell.
Prokaryotic cells have a true nucleus like eukaryotic cells, only smaller.
Plasmids are the main chromosome of bacteria.
Memory Tips
Cell as the fundamental structural and functional unit of life
Antonie Von Leeuwenhoek first saw and described a live cell
Robert Brown discovered the nucleus in 1831
Cell theory and the role of Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow
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