English Explanatory Dictionary

mutational meltdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which a small population accumulates harmful mutations, which leads to loss of fitness and decline of the population size, which may lead to further accumulation of deleterious mutations due to fixation by genetic drift.

Word forms

mutational meltdown mutational meltdowns
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