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Jan 6, 2021 · evolution theory. by. dr. august weismann. professor of zoology in the university of freiburg in breisgau. translated with the author's co-operation. by. j. arthur thomson. regius professor of natural history in the university of aberdeen. and. margaret r. thomson. illustrated. in two volumes. vol. i. london edward arnold. 41 & 43 maddox street ...
Weismann and Evolution1. ERNST MAYR. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. August Weismann is one of the towering figures in the history. of evolutionary biology. If we ask who in the nineteenth century after Darwin had the greatest impact on evolutionary theory, the. unequivocal answer must be Weismann.
August Weismann proposed the germ plasm theory in the 19th century, before the foundation of modern genetics. Germ plasm ( German: Keimplasma) is a biological concept developed in the 19th century by the German biologist August Weismann. It states that heritable information is transmitted only by germ cells in the gonads (ovaries and testes ...
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann. 1834-1914. German Biologist. A ugust Weismann, an early adherent to Darwin's theory of evolution, became famous for his studies on heredity. He denied that organisms could inherit acquired characteristics, touching off an important debate in the late nineteenth century between his own school, neo-Darwinism ...
The evolutionist Ernst Mayr considered August Weismann “one of the great biologists of all time.” Yet the man who formulated the germ plasm theory—that inheritance is transmitted solely through the nuclei of the egg and sperm cells—has not received an in-depth historical examination. August Weismann reintroduces readers to a towering figure in the life sciences. In this first full ...
This is a reprint of the first English edition which was translated from the second German edition and provides an account of the development of Weismann's theories on evolution in which he extended and developed further Darwin's original account of natural selection. Consisting of a series of lectures given by the German biologist Dr August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (1834-1914), Professor of ...
August Weismann. 1834-1914. German biologist who was an early adherent of Darwin's theory of evolution and became famous for his studies on heredity. He denied that organisms could inherit acquired characteristics, touching off an important debate between his followers and the opposing neo-Lamarckians, who believed organisms could inherit ...
