The basic structural and functional unit of living organisms is A)Cell B)Tissue C)Organ D)Systems
Option A) Robert Hooke (1665) observed a section of cork under his microscope and found its structure resembling a ‘honey comb’. He gave the name ‘cell’ to each of the compartments of the honey comb like structure. Two German biologists, M Schleiden and T Schwann, proposed the famous cell theory in 1938-39.