August Weissmann was a German biologist who is best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory, specifically for his germ-plasm theory of heredity. Weissmann was born in Frankfurt, Germany in ...
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Weissmann, the son of a classics professor, studied medicine at the University of Göttingen. After his graduation, he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army during the Austro-Italian War of 185...
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