English Explanatory Dictionary

molecular drive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms, operating independently of natural selection and genetic drift.

Word forms

molecular drive

Etymology

Coined by Gabriel Dover in 1982.

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