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Also Known As cytology

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Side-by-side labeled diagrams of a typical animal cell and a plant cell, showing internal structures such as nucleus, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, and unique features like chloroplasts and cell wall in the plant cell.
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Key People

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Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
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Lynn Margulis
American biologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
John Gurdon
John Gurdon
British biologist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Stevens, Nettie
Nettie Stevens
American biologist and geneticist
Horvitz, H. Robert
H. Robert Horvitz
American biologist
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Torbjörn Oskar Caspersson
Swedish cytologist and geneticist
The Golgi apparatus was observed in 1897 by Italian cytologist Camillo Golgi
Camillo Golgi
Italian physician and cytologist
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Max Schultze
German zoologist
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Albert Claude
Belgian-American cytologist
Beneden, Edouard van
Edouard van Beneden
Belgian embryologist and cytologist
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
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Christian René de Duve
Belgian biochemist
Strasburger, Eduard Adolf
Eduard Adolf Strasburger
German cytologist
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Keith Roberts Porter
American biologist
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George E. Palade
Romanian-born American cell biologist
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse
British scientist

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