Question

What are the gaps resolved by the revised cell theory in the study of cell as the basic unit of life?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A cell is the smallest unit of a living thing and is the basic building block of all organisms.

Answer 2

Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann are known to be contributors to the cell theory.

The cell theory stated by them includes the following points:

1. All living things are made up of cells
2. Cells are the basic units of life.

However, their cell theory did not specify how the cell originated.

Rudolf Carl Virchow later explained this.

He stated that the new cell arises from the pre-existing cells.

Hence, the cell theory was completed.