August Friedrich Leopold Weismann

Definitions of August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
  1. noun
    German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)
    synonyms: Weismann
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    geneticist
    a biologist who specializes in genetics
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