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Weismann

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Noun

1. august friedrich leopold weismann, 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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Weismann

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ˈAugust (ˈaʊgʊst ) ; ouˈgoost) 1834-1914; Ger. biologist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Weismann

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German biologist who asserted that hereditary traits are transmitted by a material substance, the germplasm, and that acquired characters cannot be inherited.

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