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Cell theory was given by

(a) Schleiden and Schwann

(b) Virchow

(c) Hooke

(d) Haeckel

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The Cell Theory was first given by M.J Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1839.

Postulates of cell theory

1. All organisms are made of cells and cell products

2. Every organism starts as a single-cell organism.

3. All cell arises from preexisting cells.

Rudolf Virchow(1885) modified the cell theory and concluded that new cells develop from the division of pre-existing cells. Hence, (a) is the correct option.

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