idioplasm
/ˈɪdiəˌplæzəm/
noun
- The hereditary material in a cell that determines inherited traits; germ plasm.
- In biology class, we learned that idioplasm carries genetic information from parents to offspring.
- Scientists study idioplasm to understand how traits are passed down through generations.
- The concept of idioplasm was important in early theories of heredity before DNA was discovered.
Synonyms