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Watch 100 Greatest Discoveries online: Episode 2 Biology

Thirteen breakthroughs in the science of living things: -Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of micro-organisms -Robert Brown's identification of cell nuclei -Carl Woese's Archaea classification -Walther Flemming and Eduard Strasburger's discovery of mitosis -August Weismann's conclusions on meiosis -Awareness of cell differentiation and stem cells -Pinpointing of mitochondria -Hans Krebs' citric acid cycle -The discoveries of neurotransmitters, hormones and photosynthesis -Arthur George Tansley's ideas on ecosystems -The centuries-long process of studying biodiversity

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