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单词 Weismannist
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Definition of Weismannist in English:

Weismannist

adjectiveˈvʌɪsmənɪstˈvaɪsmənəst
  • Relating to or characteristic of the German biologist August Weismann or his theory of evolution and heredity.

    this theory of heredity was Weismannist to its core
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He promised to repudiate henceforth Weismannist formal genetics and blamed his teachers for his past errors.
    • This is the Weismannist assumption, expressed colloquially by saying that acquired characters are not inherited.
    • I gave a brief explanation of how the Weismannist view had been given a molecular interpretation: acquired characters are not inherited because information cannot pass from protein to DNA.
    • Mendelian inheritance is in fact an instance of a more general mechanism called Weismannist inheritance.
    • The Weismannist position attains its reductio ad absurdam in the fantasies of sociobiology in which the organism is regarded as merely a vehicle for genes.
nounˈvʌɪsmənɪstˈvaɪsmənəst
  • An adherent of the German biologist August Weismann's theory of evolution and heredity.

    Weismannists uphold the so-called chromosome theory of heredity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to Weismannists, habit, effort, and intelligence acquired during the experience of any one life goes for nothing.
    • It cannot be denied that in the controversy that flared up between the Weismannists and Lamarckians in the beginning of the twentieth century, the Lamarckians were closer to the truth.
    • Both Lamarckians and Weismannists admit that the better adapted to its surroundings a living form may be, the more likely it is to outbreed its compeers.
    • The representatives of reactionary biological science - Neo-Darwinians, Weismannists, or Mendelist-Morganists - uphold the so-called chromosome theory of heredity.
    • The directors of the biological section installed cadres of Weismannists in the institutes under their direction.

Definition of Weismannist in US English:

Weismannist

adjectiveˈvaɪsmənəstˈvīsmənəst
  • Relating to or characteristic of the German biologist August Weismann or his theory of evolution and heredity.

    this theory of heredity was Weismannist to its core
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mendelian inheritance is in fact an instance of a more general mechanism called Weismannist inheritance.
    • I gave a brief explanation of how the Weismannist view had been given a molecular interpretation: acquired characters are not inherited because information cannot pass from protein to DNA.
    • This is the Weismannist assumption, expressed colloquially by saying that acquired characters are not inherited.
    • The Weismannist position attains its reductio ad absurdam in the fantasies of sociobiology in which the organism is regarded as merely a vehicle for genes.
    • He promised to repudiate henceforth Weismannist formal genetics and blamed his teachers for his past errors.
nounˈvaɪsmənəstˈvīsmənəst
  • An adherent of the German biologist August Weismann's theory of evolution and heredity.

    Weismannists uphold the so-called chromosome theory of heredity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The directors of the biological section installed cadres of Weismannists in the institutes under their direction.
    • Both Lamarckians and Weismannists admit that the better adapted to its surroundings a living form may be, the more likely it is to outbreed its compeers.
    • It cannot be denied that in the controversy that flared up between the Weismannists and Lamarckians in the beginning of the twentieth century, the Lamarckians were closer to the truth.
    • According to Weismannists, habit, effort, and intelligence acquired during the experience of any one life goes for nothing.
    • The representatives of reactionary biological science - Neo-Darwinians, Weismannists, or Mendelist-Morganists - uphold the so-called chromosome theory of heredity.
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