Hill-Robertson effect

noun

The phenomenon whereby genetic recombination allows evolution to progress more quickly.

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Meanings

nounHill-Robertson effect (plural Hill-Robertson effects)

plural Hill-Robertson effects

  1. The phenomenon whereby genetic recombination allows evolution to progress more quickly.

Origin

First identified by Bill Hill and Alan Robertson in 1966.

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