English Explanatory Dictionary

Muller's ratchet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The process by which the genomes of an asexual population accumulate deleterious mutations in an irreversible manner; proposed as a theory to explain the evolution of sex.

Word forms

Muller's ratchet

Etymology

Named after Hermann Joseph Muller. See ratchet effect.

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