All cells come from pre-existing cells. Which statement supports this part of the cell theory? A. Cells get rid of waste. B. Cells make up a clover. C. Cells get energy from food. D. Cells divide in order to make more cells.

Biology · Middle School · Wed Jan 13 2021

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Option d is correct.

New cells originate from the division of pre-existing cells'. 

  • Reproduction is based on the phenomenon that new cells arise from preexisting cells.
  • Spontaneous generation is not possible.

This is one of the postulates of the cell theory.

 cells come from preexisting cells that have multiplied, was described by Rudolf Virchow in 1858, when he stated omnis cellula e cellula (all cells come from cells).