Mullers Ratchet???

[Martin D. Leach]

In article <3j2l0p$drg at newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ehsim at aol.com (Ehsim) wrote:

> Help!!!!!  I am doing a presentation on P. formosa and I need to know what
> Mullers ratchet is.  Please eme asap.  
> 
>  
> thanks

Not sure...something to do with putting objects into the ratchet...turn
the handle and it cranks out progeny that are mutated..

that is the basic understanding i got from an object found in BioMOO that
someone was simulating.

Martin

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