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Description: Diagram of August Weismann's germ plasm theory. The hereditary material, the germ plasm, is confined to the gonads. Somatic cells (of the body) develop afresh in each generation from the germ plasm.
Title: Weismann's Germ Plasm
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Author: Ian Alexander
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