mutational meltdown
mutational meltdown · mutational meltdowns
The process by which a small population accumulates harmful mutations, which leads to…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.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Forms
plural: mutational meltdowns| Singular | mutational meltdown |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable