Question

M.J. Shleiden shifted the scientific community's attention to cellular processes with his

Answer 1

Answer:

claim that cells were the basic unit of all plant matter

Explanation:

In 1883, the German botanist Matthias Schleiden came to the conclusion that all plants were built of cells, while the German zoologist Theodor Schwan, only a year later, concluded the same for animals.

Together they lay the foundation of the so-called cellular theory which represents a fundamental discovery in biology. This theory contains three basic postulates:

• All living organisms are made up of one or more cells;
• The cell is the basic unit of structure and function of the organism;
• Cells are formed only by the reproduction of existing cells.