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continuity of germ plasm
continuity of germ plasm In historical heredity theory, continuity of germ plasm is the doctrine that offspring resemble their parents because both develop from hereditary material of essentially the same structure and composition, passed through the parents rather than newly produced by them.
In historical heredity theory, continuity of germ plasm is the doctrine that offspring resemble their parents because both develop from hereditary material of essentially the same structure and composition, passed through the parents rather than newly produced by them. It treats the germ substance as continuing from generation to generation.