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Nonviable

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adjective

(1) Not viable; not alive or incapable of living, developing, or reproducing, as in a nonviable cell.

(2) Incapable of independent existence, especially outside the uterus, used of an embryo, fetus or premature newborn.

(3) Not workable or impracticable of being done.


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Word origin: non- (not) + viable.

Compare: viable


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Genetic drift vs Genetic flow

... viable in its environment, then natural selection will drive evolution by increasing the number of viable individuals and reducing the number of nonviable ones. But when a random event (that has nothing to do with viability) affects a population's reproduction, then genetic drift will be the ...

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by Khaiy
Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:31 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genetic drift vs Genetic flow
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