Muller's ratchet English

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Muller's ratchet noun

— (evolutionary genetics) The process by which the genomes of an asexual population accumulate deleterious mutations in an irreversible manner; proposed as a theory to explain the evolution of sex.

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What's your diagnosis, Ratchet?

Ratchet, how long do we have before his energy drains away completely?

Ratchet, watch out for Bumblebee!

Ooh! RATCHET: Ironhide's carrying too much lead in his caboose!

RATCHET: Look at that stack of energon cubes!

OPTIMUS PRIME: How is Skyfire, Ratchet?

You and Ratchet. You've gotta put'em back together again! And fast!

SPIKE: Ratchet, over here!

Uh, I just popped a few gaskets, Ratchet.

RATCHET: Stand back, kid.

Ironhide! Ratchet! Prowl!

Ratchet!

Uh, that's what you think, Ratchet.

Wheeljack and Ratchet's creations, the Dinobots.

Toss up a 19 mm ratchet.

Nurse Ratchet, We are private investigators, summoned by Dr. Bellows.

Dave Ratchet your ex-mechanic.

He is a lucky man that Ratchet.

There is no way Ratchet can make the money to get it for him.

The micro torque ratchet.

Hey, lad, would you give me a ratchet with a half-inch on it?

You need a ratchet.

I was thinking maybe I could borrow your ratchet set?

So how about the ratchet?

Then get to the bell housing and take out your ratchet. unscrew all the bolts. and separate the bell housing from the rest of the apparatus.

That's why I have that pulley ratchet system setup up there.

Spiral ratchet screwdriver found under the sink this morning. What was that all about?

I, Jill, swear on this Binford cordless ratchet wrench...swear on this blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah wrench.

Will, where's the ratchet wrench?

I saw a great ratchet set.

Perhaps we could find the appropriate kitchen tool to ratchet down that bun of yours a notch or two.

Is the ratchet extension.

Okay, you put the jack under the jeep and then put the handle in the base and ratchet it up and down, okay?

I'm Nurse Ratchet.

Every mention puts it on Marlo Stanfield's crew which means the war's gonna ratchet up, no question.

Don't want to be a ratchet jaw but looks like we've got a seat cover feeding the bears in a chicken coop, come on.

We have a demonthat's evolved with the times and found a way to ratchet up the body count?

Our medical officer, Ratchet.

Ratchet, point the light.

Clyde develops a Kevlar thread with a high-tech ratchet made of carbon fiber put in a necktie.

Your Nurse Ratchet?

News and current affairs

This activated a virtuous circle; by strengthening the social movements rallying around the right to food, the Supreme Court's decision enabled them to ratchet up pressure on state governments to build an effective food-security apparatus.

The US is jubilant about its success in expanding the IMF's role, because it thought that doing so would ratchet up pressure on China.

Tenth, any US unilateral military strike against Syria would ratchet up tensions between the US and Russia.

The rise in consumption based on this wealth in turn raised house prices further, convincing households and lenders to ratchet up the bubble another notch.