Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muller's ratchet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: muller's ratch-et
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

Named after Hermann Joseph Muller. See ratchet effect.

Questions

What does muller's ratchet mean?: 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.
Where does muller's ratchet come from?: Named after Hermann Joseph Muller. See ratchet effect.

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