Cell History Timeline

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Across
  1. 2. examines stained cells and finds rods he calls chromosomes
  2. 5. observed cell division which led to third tenet to Cell Theory that all cells come from existing cells
  3. 9. stated that all animal tissues are made of cells adding to the Cell Theory that the cell is the basic unit of life
  4. 10. concluded that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that the cell is basic building block of all plants
  5. 11. discovered nucleus in plant cells
  6. 12. experimented with pea plants and tracked genetic changes in the offspring
  7. 13. used early compound microscope to look at cork slice and coined the term 'cell'
Down
  1. 1. described cells in a drop of pond water, the first person to observe bacteria and protozoa
  2. 3. showed that genes could be found on chromosomes
  3. 4. combined two convex lenses within a tube construction a compound microscope
  4. 6. make first model of the DNA molecule
  5. 7. disproved theory of spontaneous generation using flies and rotten meat
  6. 8. first person to see red blood cells