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GermplasmGermplasm is a term used to describe the genetic resources, or more precisely the DNA of an organism and collections of that material. The term germ plasm was first used by August Weismann to describe a component of germ cells that he propsed were responbible for heredity, roughly equatable to our modern understanding of DNA. Worldwide there are collections of plant, animal and bacterial germplasm for use in breeding new organisms and the conservation of existing species. See also References
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