In and experiment the tails of mice were surgically removed generation after generation, yet tailless mice never appeared in the progeny.

Give reason

Question

In and experiment the tails of mice were surgically removed
generation after generation, yet tailless mice never appeared in
the progeny
Give reason

Jahirul Mazumder · Accepted Answer

This was the famous experiment performed by August Weismann He
proposed that somatic cell plays no role in heredity, and are not
inherited, only the germ cell pass on traits and which is not
affected by any traits the somatic cell acquire during the lifetime
of an organism This is the reason why after cutting the tails of
mice for 22 generations, not a single tailless mice appeared in the
progeny

In and experiment the tails of mice were surgically removed generation after generation, yet tailless mice never appeared in the progeny. Give reason

In and experiment the tails of mice were surgically removed generation after generation, yet tailless mice never appeared in the progeny.

Give reason