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August Weismann

August Weismann

German evolutionary biologist

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Birthdate
January 17, 1834
Birthplace
Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Date of Death
November 5, 1914
Place of Death
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau
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Ueber die Hypothese einer Vererbung von Verletzungen : Vortrag gehalten am 20. September 1888 auf der Naturforscher-Versammlung zu Koln
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Die Entwicklung der Dipteren
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Die Bedeutung der sexuellen Fortpflanzung
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Vortra ge über Descendenz theorie, gehalten an der Universita t zu Freiburg in Breisgau
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Das Keimplasma
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Über germinal-selection eine quelle bestimmt gerichteter variation
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Ueber die Vererbung
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Essays Upon Heredity And Kindred Biological Problems V2
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Educated at
University of Göttingen
University of Göttingen
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Scientist
Scientist
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Geneticist
Geneticist
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Biologist
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00000001088497360
Open Library ID
OL354793A0
VIAF
320595880

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German Empire
German Empire
Doctoral Advisor
Rudolf Leuckart
Rudolf Leuckart
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Alfred Kühn
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Richard Becker (physicist)
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Emilie Snethlage
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Wikidata ID
Q76465
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August Weismann (born January 17, 1834, in Frankfurt, and died November 5, 1914, in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a biologist and geneticist from the German Empire. Weismann was educated at the University of Göttingen and had Rudolf Leuckart as his doctoral advisor. His contributions to the fields of biology and genetics remain influential today, as they formed the basis for understanding the primary mechanisms of inheritance in living organisms.

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