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. 2014 Dec 19;9:32. doi: 10.1186/s13062-014-0032-7

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The development of cells according to Schleiden. This figure has been drawn for clarity from descriptions by Schleiden and Schwann, but these authors never tried to provide such a synthetic depiction in their work. Schwann’s model was very similar, except for his opinion that new cells could also crystallize from cytoblastema outside previous cells.