Q.

The mitochondria were firstly observed by 

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a

Carl Benda

b

 Richard John

c

Charl Johanson

d

 Richard Altman

answer is B.

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  • Mitochondria was discovered by Kolliker in 1857 when he was studying the insect's muscle cell and named it a granule. 
  • But it was considered to be organelle and its first structure was released by Richard Altmann in 1894 and called them "bioblasts". 
  • The word "mitochondria" was coined by Carl Benda in 1898.
  • Thus B is the correct option. 
     
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