August Weismann: development, heredity, and evolution by Frederick B. ChurchillISBN: 9780674286832
Publication Date: 2015-06-09
August Weismann's 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this full-length biography, Frederick Churchill situates Weismann in the swirling intellectual currents of his day and shows how his work paved the way for the modern synthesis of genetics and evolution.