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Weismannism

Weismannism Weismannism is the name for the characteristic biological views associated with August Weismann.

Weismannism is the name for the characteristic biological views associated with August Weismann. These include the idea that hereditary material continues through generations, that bodily changes acquired during an individual life are not inherited, and that natural selection fully explains organic diversity.

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