Müller's ratchet explains why this process has a greater impact in asexual reproducers.
XL1-Red [X-L-one-red] strains undergo this process frequently. Neutral theory proposes a constant rate of this process. Compounds that induce this process in Salmonella auxotrophs [OX-oh-trohfs] return a positive Ames test. Müller's ratchet explains why this process has a greater impact in asexual reproducers. A delta symbolizes strains that have undergone this process, compared to the (*) wild-type, which hasn't. This process ruins a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium by introducing new alleles. This process is induced in the laboratory with alkylating agents or with UV light. Silent ones have no phenotypic impact. For 10 points, name this process, the change in an organism's DNA.
XL1-Red [X-L-one-red] strains undergo this process frequently.
mutation [or word forms; or mutagenesis; or specific types of mutation like point mutations or frameshift mutations or silent mutations or deleterious mutations; prompt on cancer]