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mutational meltdowns

mutational meltdowns is the plural of mutational meltdown.

Meaning of mutational meltdown

Noun

mutational meltdown (countable and uncountable, plural mutational meltdowns)

  1. 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.

Questions about mutational meltdowns

What is mutational meltdowns the plural of?
Mutational meltdowns is the plural of mutational meltdown.

Words near mutational meltdowns in the dictionary

  1. mutation
  2. mutation pressure
  3. mutation testing
  4. mutational
  5. mutational meltdown
  6. mutational meltdowns
  7. mutationally
  8. mutationism
  9. mutationist
  10. mutationistic
  11. mutationists

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