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  1. 1. The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism. Source: webster
  2. 2. The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded bythe German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm asthe basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquiredcharacteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism. Source: adambom

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