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Germinal Selection: A Weismannian Solution to Lamarckian Problematics (2011)

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This chapter analyzes August Weismann's theory of germinal selection—a process of competition and selection among the hereditary units within the germplasm. He argued that the germ line was not affected by the changes undergone by the somatic cells during the organism's lifetime and that heritable adaptive evolutionary changes resulted from the operation of natural selection on individuals, a form of selection that he called “personal selection”. The chapter examines the problems that challenged Weismann's original focus on personal selection and explains how he interpreted them in terms of his germinal selection theory.

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Authors & Contributors
Hall, Brian K.
Churchill, Frederick B.
Díaz, Edna Suárez
Dröscher, Ariane
Hagen, Joel B.
Kampourakis, Kostas
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution
Biology and Philosophy
Filosofia e História da Biologia
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Historia de Ciência
Publishers
Princeton University
Oxford University Press
Thoemmes
University of California, Davis
Concepts
Heredity
Evolution
Biology
Genetics
Natural selection
Molecular biology
People
Weismann, August
Vries, Hugo Marie de
Darwin, Charles Robert
Galton, Francis
Gulick, John Thomas
Spencer, Herbert
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Europe
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