"Hill-Robertson effect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Hill-Robertson effects [plural]
Etymology: First identified by Bill Hill and Alan Robertson in 1966. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hill-Robertson effect (plural Hill-Robertson effects)
  1. The phenomenon whereby genetic recombination allows evolution to progress more quickly. Wikipedia link: Hill-Robertson effect
    Sense id: en-Hill-Robertson_effect-en-noun-vreKAJ09 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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