Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume I

Name: Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume I
Author: August Weismann

by August Weismann

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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2015-01-02

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Public domain in the USA.

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Insects Heredity Zoology Butterflies Lepidoptera Insects -- Evolution Mechanism (Philosophy)

About the author

August Weismann

1834–1914

A pioneering German biologist, he helped reshape ideas about heredity by arguing that inherited traits are passed through reproductive cells rather than altered by life experience. His bold defense of evolution made him one of the key scientific voices between Darwin and modern genetics.

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