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noun
The strict distinction between the "immortal" germ cell lineages producing gametes and "disposable" somatic cells in animals (but not plants), in contrast to Charles Darwin's proposed pangenesis mechanism for inheritance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
After August Weismann.
