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In which specimen were cells first identified?

microorganism

cork bark

DNA

mitochondrion

Verified Answer :

Cells were first identified in cork bark. I believe.

The correct answer is:

cork bark

Explanation:

The cell was first discovered and described by Robert Hooke in 1665. He mentioned that it looked especially like cells or little rooms which friars occupied, in this way limiting the name. Nevertheless what Hooke really recognized as the dead cell dividers of plant cells (cork) as it bestowed up under the magnifying lens.