WEISMANN, August Friedrich Leopold (1834 – 1914)
1834 – 1914
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Unknown author Unknown author · Edwin G. Conklin, "August Weismann" Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 54, No. 220. (Oct. - Dec., 1915), pp. iii-xii. · Public domain
1889 CE
#14344
The action of natural selection in producing old age, decay, and death. In Essays upon heredity and kindred biological problems by August Weismann; authorized translation edited by Edward B. Poulton, Selmar Schönland and Arthur E. Shipley, Chapter 1, "The duration of life," page 23.
Wallace proposed the first evolutionary theory of aging. He stated that if too many people lived for a long time they would compete for resources needed for other members of the species that were of reproduction age. …
1891 CE
#234
Amphimixis, oder die Vermischung der Individuen.
By “amphimixis” Weismann meant the union of the two parent germs, which he considered the principal source of heritable variation in evolution by natural selection. English translation in Weismann’s …
1892 CE
#235
Aufsätze über Vererbung und verwandte biologische Fragen.
Weismann produced experimental evidence that acquired characters are not transmitted.
1892 CE
#236
Das Keimplasma.
Weismann elaborated the theory of the continuity of the germ plasm. English edition, 1893.