AUTUMN LEAVES seem best to illustrate Weismann’s worn out cell idea; after the wear and tear of a season of respiration, photosynthesis, disease and battering by the elements, leaf defects are multiple and very hard to repair: it is easier to jettison the leaf and start over again than to repair multiple cellular defects.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022