Kammerer
/ (German ˈkamərər) /
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noun
Paul. 1880–1926, Austrian zoologist: noted for his controversial experiments, esp with the midwife toad, apparently demonstrating the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Accused of fraud, he committed suicide
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Throughout Kammerer's papers this is used almost as a technical term.
Problems of Genetics|William BatesonIt will suffice to remind the reader of the Austrians Kammerer and Stellmacher.
Anarchism and Socialism|George PlechanoffKammerer's experiments, however, show that we are dealing with the direct effects of definite outside forces.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and OthersVery remarkable are the hereditary changes which Kammerer established in Alytes obstetricans—the midwife toad.