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  1. 1834-1914. German biologist. His failing
  2. eyesight forced him to turn from microscopy
  3. to theoretical work. In 1892 he proposed that
  4. changes to the body do not in turn cause an
  5. alteration of the genetic material. This
  6. `central dogma' of biology remains of vital
  7. importance to biologists supporting the
  8. Darwinian theory of evolution. If the genetic
  9. material can be altered only by chance
  10. mutation and recombination, then the
  11. Lamarckian view that acquired bodily changes
  12. can subsequently be inherited becomes
  13. obsolete.
  14.