August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist. Fellow German Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second most notable …

Jan 13, 2025 · August Weismann was a German biologist and one of the founders of the science of genetics. He is best known for his opposition to the doctrine of the inheritance of acquired …

May 23, 2014 · August Friedrich Leopold Weismann studied how the traits of organisms developed and evolved in a variety of organisms, mostly insects and aquatic animals, in …

Jan 26, 2015 · In The Germ-Plasm, Weismann proposed a theory of heredity based on the concept of the germ plasm, a substance in the germ cell that carries hereditary information.

Jun 11, 2018 · Weismann’s most influential contribution to biological thought was his theory of the continuity of the germ plasm, an explanation of heredity and development.

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann (Frankfurt am Main, 17 January 1834 – Freiburg, 5 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist. [1] Weismann is much admired today. …

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann. 1834-1914. German Biologist. August Weismann, an early adherent to Darwin's theory of evolution, became famous for his studies on heredity.

August Weismann’s 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this full-lengt...