# Muller's ratchet

> irreversible accumulation of deleterious mutations in the absence of genetic recombination

**Wikidata**: [Q1154978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154978)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muller's_ratchet)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013