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Conservation biology

a feedback in small populations where harmful mutations accumulate, cut population size, and so speed further accumulation toward extinction.

In conservation biology, mutational meltdown refers to a feedback in small populations where harmful mutations accumulate, cut population size, and so speed further accumulation toward extinction. This meaning comes from Lynch (1995) in Evolution.[1]

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References

Lynch, M., Conery, J., & Bürger, R. (1995). Mutational Meltdowns in Sexual Populations. Evolution, 49(6), 1067-1080. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb04434.x

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