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Weismannism
Weismannism Weis"mann*ism, n. (Biol.) The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism.

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- August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist. Fellow German Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second...
- The Weismann barrier, proposed by August Weismann, is the strict distinction between the "immortal" germ cell lineages producing gametes and "disposable"...
- Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman. August Weismann (1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the Weismann...
- Joseph Weismann (born 19 June 1931 in Paris), is a French Shoah survivor. He was arrested during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup: he is one of the few children...
- Baron Otto Adolf Weismann von Weißenstein (?-1773, simplified also as Weismann von Weissenstein or Weismann; Russian: Отто-Адольф Вейсман фон-Вейсенштейн...
- by other mechanisms such as genetic contamination or as fraud. August Weismann's experiment, considered definitive in its time, is now considered to have...
- biological concept developed in the 19th century by the German biologist August Weismann. It states that heritable information is transmitted only by germ cells...
- Weismann's experiment showed only that injury did not affect the germ plasm and neglected to test the effect of Lamarckian use and disuse. Weismann argued...
- theory from either 1895 (for the combinations of Darwin's and August Weismann's theories of evolution) or 1942 ("modern synthesis"), but it can mean any...
- Julius Weismann (26 December 1879 – 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer. Weismann was born in Freiburg im Breisgau. He studied...