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Mar 4, 2008 · The Germ-plasm: a theory of heredity. Translated by W. Newton Parker and Harriet Rönnfeldt. by. Weismann, August, 1834-1914. Publication date. 1893. Topics. Germ cells, Heredity. Publisher. New York Scribner. Collection. gerstein; biodiversity; toronto. Contributor. Gerstein - University of Toronto. Language. English. 14. Addeddate.
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The hereditary material, the germ plasm, is transmitted only by the gonads. Somatic cells (of the body) develop afresh in each generation from the germ plasm. August Weismann proposed the germ plasm theory in the 19th century, before the foundation of modern genetics.
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In The Germ-Plasm, Weismann proposed a theory of heredity based on the concept of the germ plasm, a substance in the germ cell that carries hereditary information.
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August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (1834-1914), Professor of Zoology at the University of Freiburg, originated and advocated the germ plasm theory which was an explanation of heredity and development. "The Germ-Plasm" outlines this theory and the work became one of the most important contributions to biological thought in the late 19th century.
Page 57 - The germ cell of a species must contain as many determinants as the organism has cells or groups of cells which are independently variable from the germ onwards, and these determinants must have a definite mutual arrangement in the germ plasm, and must therefore constitute a definitely limited aggregate, or higher vital unit, the 'id.
