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Who would have first made this statement while observing cork under a microscope?

"The cork looks like little rooms, or cells.”

Hooke
Schleiden
Leeuwenhoek
Virchow

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Answer:

Robert Hooke

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Hooke observed a thinly sliced piece of cork under a microscope and noticed they looked like the cells that monks would sleep in. That's why cells were given their name!

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