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The scientist who removed the tail of mouse repeatedly for many generations and ultimately reporting that any change in the somatic regions of the body is not inherited in the next generation is
The scientist who removed the tail of mouse repeatedly for many generations and ultimately reporting that any change in the somatic regions of the body is not inherited in the next generation is
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The correct option is D Weismann
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann was a German evolutionary biologist. His main contribution was the germ plasm theory according to which (in a multicellular organism) inheritance only takes place by means of the germ cellsthe gametes such as egg cells and sperm cells. Other cells of the bodysomatic cellsdo not function as agents of heredity. Genetic information cannot pass from soma to germ plasm and on to the next generation. This is referred to as the Weismann barrier.
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann was a German evolutionary biologist. His main contribution was the germ plasm theory according to which (in a multicellular organism) inheritance only takes place by means of the germ cellsthe gametes such as egg cells and sperm cells. Other cells of the bodysomatic cellsdo not function as agents of heredity. Genetic information cannot pass from soma to germ plasm and on to the next generation. This is referred to as the Weismann barrier.
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