The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity
August Weismann (W. Newton Parker and Harriet Rönnfeldt, trans.) · 1893
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Description
August Weismann was a German biologist who set out to explain how traits pass from one generation to the next. His book appeared in German in 1892 and reached English readers a year later. W. Newton Parker and Harriet Rönnfeldt translated it, and it was published in 1893.
Weismann argued that the body holds two kinds of material. Germ cells carry heredity forward, while the rest of the body, the soma, dies with each person. Because of that split, changes gained during life cannot be inherited by children. His germ-plasm theory shaped early debates about evolution and heredity for years.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | August Weismann (W. Newton Parker and Harriet Rönnfeldt, trans.) |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1893 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1.1 MB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/germplasmtheoryo1893weis