KnowraCell theoryLinked fromLinked fromThe 32 pages that link to Cell theory, each with the reason it gives.All 32Related 17Narrower topic 10Compared with 5Cell biologyNarrower topic: It establishes the central premise that makes cells the basic units of biological study.Rudolf VirchowNarrower topic: Virchow extended cell theory from normal biology to the study of disease.Santiago Ramón y CajalNarrower topic: Cajal extended this general principle to the nervous system, whose cellular organization was disputed.Neuron doctrineNarrower topic: The neuron doctrine applies cell theory specifically to the nervous system.CentrosomeNarrower topic: Centrosome inheritance became part of explaining how cellular structures persist across divisions.Theodor SchwannNarrower topic: Schwann helped extend this framework from plants to animals.NucleolusNarrower topic: Microscopic study of structures such as the nucleolus grew alongside the development of cell theory.Albert ClaudeNarrower topic: Claude’s work supplied experimental detail about the internal organization of cells.Carl NägeliNarrower topic: Nägeli’s studies of plant development and cell division addressed a central subject of cell theory.History of cancerNarrower topic: Microscopy and cell theory made it possible to explain tumors through abnormal cells.