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Muller's ratchet

irreversible accumulation of deleterious mutations in the absence of genetic recombination
Intangible biological_process Q1154978
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Muller's ratchet

Summary

Muller's ratchet is a biological process[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #195 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • Muller's ratchet is credited with the discovery of Hermann Joseph Muller[3].
  • Muller's ratchet's instance of is recorded as biological process[4].
  • Hermann Joseph Muller is named after Muller's ratchet[5].
  • ratchet effect is named after Muller's ratchet[6].
  • Muller's ratchet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Muller's ratchet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zxhg[8].
  • Muller's ratchet's named by is recorded as Joseph Felsenstein[9].
  • Muller's ratchet's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 40483974[10].

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Works and Contributions

Muller's ratchet is credited with the discovery of Hermann Joseph Muller[3].

Why It Matters

Muller's ratchet draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #195 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Hermann Joseph Muller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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