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weismann

/ˈvaɪs.mɑːn/

Traduction: Nom propre se référant au biologiste allemand et cofondateur de la génétique moderne, connu pour sa théorie selon laquelle la transmission génétique ne permet pas l'héritage des caractères acquis.

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C2formalcommonscientific/ˈvaɪs.mɑːn/

indénombrable · nom propre

A proper noun referring to a German biologist and one of the founders of modern genetics, known for his theory that genetic transmission does not allow for the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

  • 🇫🇷Nom propre se référant au biologiste allemand et cofondateur de la génétique moderne, connu pour sa théorie selon laquelle la transmission génétique ne permet pas l'héritage des caractères acquis.
  1. German biologist C2 formal scientific

    August Weismann, a German biologist and one of the founders of modern genetics, known for his theory that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.

    • Weismann's germ plasm theory challenged Lamarckian ideas.
    • The biologist Weismann conducted experiments on mice to test inheritance.
    • Weismann's work laid the foundation for modern genetics.

    🇫🇷Weismann (biologiste allemand)