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The part of Weismann's [[theory]] which proved most vulnerable was his notion that the germ plasm (effectively, [[genes]]) were successively reduced during division of somatic cells. As modern [[genetics]] [[developed]], it became clear that this idea was quite wrong.[4] Cases such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) Dolly] (the famous cloned ewe) which, via somatic cell nuclear transfer, proved that adult cells retain a complete set of [[information]] – as opposed to Weismann's increasingly determined [[gradual]] loss of [[genetic]] [[information]] – putting this aspect of Weismann's theory to rest.
The part of Weismann's [[theory]] which proved most vulnerable was his notion that the germ plasm (effectively, [[genes]]) were successively reduced during division of somatic cells. As modern [[genetics]] [[developed]], it became clear that this idea was quite wrong.[4] Cases such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) Dolly] (the famous cloned ewe) which, via somatic cell nuclear transfer, proved that adult cells retain a complete set of [[information]] – as opposed to Weismann's increasingly determined [[gradual]] loss of [[genetic]] [[information]] – putting this aspect of Weismann's theory to rest.
==See also==
*'''''[[Seed]]'''''
==Germplasm, other usage==
==Germplasm, other usage==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germplasm Germplasm], the [[collection]] of genetic [[resources]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germplasm Germplasm], the [[collection]] of genetic [[resources]]
