The cells and their types ‘A female trout lays about 5,000 eggs in its spawning season In contrast, a mammal, has 8 reduced number of young: one orto. Why do fish have to deposi large amounts of eggs? Reflect. Do you think that an egg isa cell? Explain, eed Development of "The cell theory" With the development of micrascopy, advances on the dscovery of cellar structures ‘ere produced in paral, thus generating the postulates of “The cell theory Facer cron carn tact, | te susaiemgna ics Matis Snes rd Tear | ‘Sehonn Geman set tseaoes, proposes tha ese ones | based on reviusstudes, propose ‘were dun, othe mal furctoning of ‘he dea hat all ing beings | rls He ao goss ates are fonaby cole, hs el cme fran poosising one, ue grea coments re ‘onthe tore Pied poet coer, consid the atmo oF he cal en sus Thecel Mes "scr ons Sls Time, wih te use of amicsene CTs and her cesT decbe he drt a corel hrs of es ad cas he arora tet cma dae, Rer men ao epThe cell theory ‘The call theory fs @ graup of scientific postulates about the characteristics ‘af cals, With the postulates of Scheiden and Schwann the bases ofthe cell ‘theory were established. This theory apples to al ving beings and, together with curtent knowledge, itcan be summarized in te folowing points: 1. The cell the structural unit of al ing begs. This means that ll ving beings are constituted by one or more cel 2. Theccoll isthe functional untofiving beings, This means tat it carries cut alta functions, 3, Every cell comes from another aready existing cel This means that all cells are arginated by the mutiplication of ther cel ‘With time, the folawing postulates have boen atlded to the cell theory to ‘complement it ‘© The cell contains the genetic material ofa living being. From i, the characteristics of a mother cel are transfered fo the daughter cel, ‘© The energy flow occurs inside of cell, during the celular breathing, and ‘transforms matter into enery. During the ahstasyihess process, te light ‘energy is transformed ita chemical energy and then, ilo nutrients = Alcals have the same cherrical composition. No matter iitsa bacterium, ‘plantar youself al vng beings ere formed by the same kind of chomical substances, onlin ciffrent proportions. ‘The cell and its types “The cel is considered the structural, functional and orignal unit of al ving beings. ftconssts of cellar membrane or pbsma, 2 colkidal substance called ‘ytoatasmand the nucleus, which contains the heveltary rei that makes I possible to asmit the characteristics from one generation tothe next one. While cls have the same basi structure, there are mary criteria to classi hem ‘Based onthe se they are cided in micescopic and macroscopic, * Based on their shape, they are classified as rounded, fattened, rectanguiar and branched, ‘Based on ther stuctur, they can be prokaryotes or eukaryotes. Neue, bre ‘our, racscopi cl et ems rmerseepe ce