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Amphimixis, oder die Vermischung der Individuen.
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1891.
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 Essays upon Heredity, Vol. 2, Oxford, 1892.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #234 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8338 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | amphimixis-oder-die-vermischung-der-individuen |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Jena
Mentioned in annotation: Oxford