mutational meltdowns

A form of mutational meltdown — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of mutational meltdown
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