manouvrings

Updated: June 4, 2025

Now the application is this: It was the study of these odd nuclear structures and their peculiar manouvrings that, in large measure, led Professor Weismann to his well-known theory of heredity, according to which the acquired traits of any being are not transmissible to the offspring.

Edward Huntington Williams - A History of Science, Volume 5 : Aspects Of Recent Science