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molecular drive

molecular drive noun: evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms, operating independently of natural selection and genetic drift.

Noun

molecular drive (uncountable)

  1. evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms, operating independently of natural selection and genetic drift.

Origin of molecular drive

Coined by Gabriel Dover in 1982.

Questions about molecular drive

What does molecular drive mean?
Molecular drive means evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms, operating independently of natural selection and genetic drift.
What part of speech is molecular drive?
Molecular drive is a noun.

Words near molecular drive in the dictionary

  1. molecular compounds
  2. molecular core
  3. molecular cores
  4. molecular dipole
  5. molecular dipoles
  6. molecular drive
  7. molecular dynamics
  8. molecular engineering
  9. molecular entities
  10. molecular entity
  11. molecular formula

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