Weismannism

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15134
Theory of evolution and heredity propounded by the German biologist, August Weismann, especially in regard to the continuity of the germ-plasm and the nontransmission of acquired characteristics.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 963 [Terms] [Paper]