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Weismann

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Weis·mann  (vsmän), August Friedrich Leopold 1834-1914.
German biologist who asserted that hereditary characteristics are transmitted by a germinal plasm.
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Noun1.WeismannWeismann - 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)
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann


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At home was several hours' hack-work waiting for him before he went to bed, and after he went to bed there was a volume of Weismann waiting for him, to say nothing of Herbert Spencer's Autobiography, which was as replete for him with romance as any thrilling novel.
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