Assertion: ratchet | /r/HasProperty | process
Facets:
value: in evolutionary genetics
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In evolutionary genetics, Muller's ratchet (named after Hermann Joseph Muller, by analogy with a ratchet effect) is a process in which absence of recombination, especially in an asexual population, results in accumulation of deleterious mutations (harmful mutations) in an irreversible manner.