Definition of Deleteriousness. Meaning of Deleteriousness. Synonyms of Deleteriousness

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Definition of Deleteriousness

Deleteriousness
Deleterious Del`e*te"ri*ous, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Deleteriousness from wikipedia

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- genetic disorders and other consequences that may arise from expression of deleterious recessive traits resulting from incestuous ****ual relationships and consanguinity...
- around highly deleterious and neutral mutations. Both theories agree that the vast majority of novel mutations are neutral or deleterious and that advantageous...
- selective removal of alleles that are deleterious. This can result in stabilising selection through the purging of deleterious genetic polymorphisms that arise...
- Annotation Dependent Depletion (CADD) is a tool that evaluates the deleteriousness of single nucleotide, insertion and deletion variants in the human...
- preceding capitalist stage it "would first be necessary to eliminate the deleterious influences which are ****ailing it [the rural commune] from all sides"...
- is an equilibrium in the number of deleterious alleles in a po****tion that occurs when the rate at which deleterious alleles are created by mutation equals...
- outcrossing species, as repeated generations of selfing is thought to purge deleterious alleles from po****tions. For example, the outcrossing nematode (roundworm)...
- used outside the US. It included a vow to "abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous" and to "zealously s**** to nurse those who are ill wherever...
- decline of the po****tion size, which may lead to further ac****ulation of deleterious mutations due to fixation by genetic drift. This loss of fitness is drift...