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4–9 Wonders of the microscopic
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Using microscope, Hooke examined plant and animal
telescope
world
specimens and recorded his observations in his
microscope
- Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703)
famous book Micrographia.
magnification power
The pictures in Micrographia were beautifully drawn,
spectacles
living things
revealing the magnificence of the microscopic living
specimen
- Observation under
world and inspired wide public interest in the science
fossil
microscope
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3.1 The basic units of
of microscopy.
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He saw many small empty pores in the cork under the
15.6 Refraction and its
microscope, and he called them “cells”, meaning small
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rooms. He also found “cells” in other plant tissues. He
- the hand lens and the
was the first to use the term “cell” to denote the basic
microscope
unit of all living things.
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I. Cells and Molecules of
Life
b. Cellular organisation
- Discovery of cells
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10– Developing a theory for the
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role of cells
Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann put forward cell
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a theory about the role of cells.
protozoan
Schleiden proposed that all plant tissues are made up
stain
(1804 – 1881)
of cells and each cell possesses a nucleus which is
nucleus
living things
- Theodor Schwann
the most important portion of the cell. Schwann found
duplicate
- Cells
(1810 – 1882)
that all animal and plant tissues are made up of cells,
cell division
- Basic structure of a cell
- Rudolf Virchow
which are the basic units of structure and function of
cell theory
- Cells can divide and
(1821 – 1902)
living things.
- Matthias Schleiden
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3.1 The basic units of
grow
Rudolf Virchow further developed this idea after
observing that cells of an embryo duplicated
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themselves by means of cell division. He also
I. Cells and Molecules of
suggested that disease is no more than the response
Life
of cells to abnormal conditions.
d. Cell cycle and division
Their work led to the establishment of the cell theory,
an idea that explains the relationship between cells
and the organism.
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18– Understanding the
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relationship between genes
and chromosomes
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- Walter Sutton (1877 – 1916)
Walter Sutton offered an explanation of how genes
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passed from one generation to another.
gene
Unit 3
He noted the parallel between the behaviours of the
gamete
genes and chromosomes and proposed that a
chromosome
characteristic is controlled by a pair of genes. The
homologous
behaviour of the chromosomes in gamete formation
chromosome
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3.2 A new life is born
- Heredity
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and fertilisation accounts for the results obtained by
II. Genetics and
Mendel’s breeding experiments, which was neglected
Evolution
when it was published.
a. Basic genetics
- Mendel’s laws of
inheritance
- Inheritance in
humans
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