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germ plasm
noun
- the protoplasm of the germ cells containing the chromosomes.
germ plasm
noun
- the part of a germ cell that contains hereditary material; the chromosomes and genes
- the germ cells collectively Compare somatoplasm
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Word History and Origins
Origin of germ plasm1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Are acquired powers transmitted to posterity, or is the germ plasm unaffected by its environment?
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In my opinion, this paradoxical theory of death has no more basis than the germ-plasm theory he has ingeniously connected with it.
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I mean the much-discussed germ-plasm theory of August Weismann (of Freiburg), one of our most distinguished zoologists.
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Therefore, in all these cases it is certainly not the "germ-plasm" that is affected.
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These do not imply damage to the germ-plasm, but are products of its vital activity.
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