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- Weis·mann's theory (vīsґmahnz) [August Friedrich Leopold Weismann, German biologist, 1834–1914] weismannism.
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Weismann, August (Friedrich Leopold) — ▪ German biologist born Jan. 17, 1834, Frankfurt am Main died Nov. 5, 1914, Freiburg im Breisgau, Ger. German biologist and one of the founders of the science of genetics, who is best known for his opposition to the doctrine of the… … Universalium
Weismann , August Friedrich Leopold — (1834–1914) German biologist Born at Frankfurt am Main, Weismann studied medicine at Göttingen, graduating in 1856. He took several temporary jobs before joining the medical faculty of the University of Freiburg in 1863. In his early work… … Scientists
Weismann barrier — The Weismann barrier is the principle that hereditary information moves only from genes to body cells, and never in reverse. In more precise terminology hereditary information moves only from germline cells to somatic cells (that is, soma to… … Wikipedia
Weismann — noun 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) • Syn: ↑August Friedrich Leopold Weismann • Instance Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
WEISMANN, AUGUST — biologist, born at Frankfort on the Main; studied medicine at Göttingen; devoted himself to the study of zoology, the first fruit of which was a treatise on the Development of Diptera, and at length to the variability in organisms on which the … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Weismann's germ plasm theory — The theory that organisms maintain genetic continuity from organism to offspring through the germ line cells (germ plasm) and that the other (somatic) cells play no part in the transmission of heritable factors … Dictionary of molecular biology
August Weismann — Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (Birth. January 17, 1834 in Frankfurt am Main; Death. November 5 , 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau, ) was a German biologist. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/747/000091474/ August Weismann ] at www.nndb.com] Ernst… … Wikipedia
germ-plasm theory — Concept of the physical basis of heredity expressed by the biologist August Weismann (1834–1914). It claimed that germ plasm, which Weismann believed to be independent from all other cells of the body, was the essential element of germ cells… … Universalium
Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory — Walter Sutton (left) and Theodor Boveri (right) independently developed the chromosome theory of inheritance in 1902. The Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory (also known as the chromosome theory of inheritance or the Sutton Boveri Theory) is a… … Wikipedia
