idioplasm

American  

[id-ee-uh-plaz-uhm] / ˈɪd i əˌplæz əm /

noun

Biology.

1. germ plasm.

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idioplasm British  

/ ˌɪdɪəʊplæzˈmætɪk, ˈɪdɪəʊˌplæzəm /

noun

1. another name for germ plasm

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Other Word Forms

• idioplasmatic adjective
• idioplasmic adjective

Etymology

Origin of idioplasm

First recorded in 1885–90; idio- + -plasm

Example Sentences

Cells and cell-properties are essential parts of Weismann's theory; while Naegeli has attempted to make his theory of the idioplasm independent of the whole conception of cells.

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In investigating Darwin's pangenesis, Galton's doctrine of the stirp, Naegeli's idioplasm, Weismann's germplasm, the intracellular pangenesis of De Vries, His' doctrinal of germinal foci for the formation of organs, or Roux's mosaic theory, I believe that one must face the question: How far do these doctrines agree with what we know about the structure and function of the cell?

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When once it is established that the morphoplasm of each cell is controlled, and its character decided, by the idioplasm of the nucleus, the regular changes occurring in the egg-cell, and the products of its division in each embryogeny, must then be referred to the corresponding changes of the idioplasm.'

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I have taken account of these facts in considering the regular distribution of the determinants of the germplasm, and the conversion of the latter into the idioplasm of the cells in the different stages of ontogeny.'

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In obedience to these, a division of the nucleus accompanies each qualitative change in the idioplasm, in which process the different qualities are distributed between the two resulting halves of the chromatin rods.'

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