Scientists for the FINALL

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

 discovered bacteria which he called animalcules

Robert Hooke

coined the name “cell” because they looked like monastery cells/ jail cells.

Matthias Schleiden

figured out that all living things have cells

Theodor Schwann

 found out the same thing and started to work with Schleiden

Rudolf Virchow

defended Schwann and had information that was “stolen”. He said cells come from preexisting cells.

What did Schwann and Schleiden dispute over?

Schleiden believed in free cell formation, while Schwann believed that cells come from cells. [The last pillar of cell theory]

James Watson and Francis Crick

credited with the fact that backbones ran in opposite directions, and the bases were on the inside of the backbones.

Rosalind Franklin

took Photo 51, which shows the double helix structure of DNA.

Erwin Chargaff

 determined that DNA contains equal amounts of A-T and C-G (also known as the base pairing rule)