Über Zellbildung und Zelltheilung
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Eduard Adolf Strasburger, a German plant cytologist, published "Über Zellbildung und Zellteilung" ("On Cell Formation and Cell Division") in 1876. This work was pivotal in elucidating the process of nuclear division in plants. Strasburger's research laid out the fundamental principles of mitosis, a type of cell division. He later established that new nuclei can only originate from the division of pre-existing nuclei, a key concept in modern cytology. His work also contributed to understanding fertilization and meiosis in plants, demonstrating that nuclei are central to heredity and that germ cells undergo a reduction division. Strasburger also coined the terms cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.1
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