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weismannism — Theory of the noninheritance of acquired characteristics. * * * Weis·mann·ism wī smə .niz əm, vī n the theories of heredity proposed by August Weismann stressing particularly the continuity of the germ plasm and the separateness of the germ cells … Medical dictionary
heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… … Universalium
noninherited — adjective a) Not inherited; not passed from parent to offspring. a noninherited maternal antigen b) Not derived from a superclass through inheritance. See Also: noninheritance … Wiktionary
