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August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
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Noun1.August Friedrich Leopold Weismann - German biologist who was one of the founders of modern geneticsAugust Friedrich Leopold Weismann - German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)
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