Sketching out Cell Theory, circa 1837. ... he realized that he had seen a similar structure in the vertebrate notochord—a rodlike structure in the embryo that develops into the spinal column. Sure ...

What makes MRK’s images so compelling is the way they make cell biology seem less abstract. Instead of brightly colored diagrams, we get sweeping vistas of the cell and components that look very ...

In 1853, Thomas Henry Huxley noted a similar inconsistency between the structure of some tissues and the German cell theory of his day. Huxley was convinced that cells of multicellular organisms ...

II. THE continued investigations into the structure of cells, both in plants and animals, led to modifications in the conception of their morphology. Hugo von Mohl announced that he had discovered ...

Known as the “inside-out” theory of eukaryotic cell evolution, ... This is just what is required of an evolutionary model,” argues Buzz Baum, an expert on cell shape and structure.