Question

What is Mitochondria?Who discovered it ,when and how?

Answer 1

mitochondria is the power house of cell

Answer 2

Mitochondria is one of the cell organelle present both in plants and animals.
It is slipper like structure having finger like projections .
It is known as the powerhouse of a cell.
The discovery of mitochondria in general came in 1886 when Richard Altman, a cytologist, identified the organelles using a dye technique, and dubbed them “bioblasts."
He postulated that the structures were the basic units of cellular activity.
Carl Benda, in 1898, coined the term mitochondria.


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