Who proposed the Germ Plasm Theory?

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(D) The Germ Plasm Theory was proposed by August Weismann in $1892$. According to this theory,multicellular organisms consist of two types of cells: g

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(D) The Germ Plasm Theory was proposed by August Weismann in $1892$. According to this theory,multicellular organisms consist of two types of cells: germ cells (which contain the germ plasm and are responsible for inheritance) and somatic cells (which form the body of the organism). The germ plasm is passed from generation to generation,while somatic cells do not contribute to the next generation's genetic makeup.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$(a)$ Hugo de Vries	$(i)$ Natural Selection
$(b)$ Hardy-Weinberg	$(ii)$ Saltation
$(c)$ Darwin	$(iii)$ $(p+q)^2 = 1$
$(d)$ Lamarck	$(iv)$ Acquired Characters

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