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Paean to a founder of heredity

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Jane Maienschein applauds a study of towering nineteenth-century biologist August Weismann.

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  1. Jane Maienschein is Regents', President's and Parents Association Professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, and adjunct senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Embryos Under the Microscope.,

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Maienschein, J. Paean to a founder of heredity. Nature 522, 31–32 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/522031a

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