Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy. English to German translations [PRO] Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) | | English term or phrase: catastrophe of errors | | The reason that the germ line does not die out in a catastrophe of errors has to do with its highly sophisticated mechanisms for cellular self-maintenance and repair. |
| | | German translation:Fehler-Katastrophe | Explanation: error-catastrophe theory = Fehler-Katastrophe-Theorie
http://books.google.com/books?id=KRJfNmHhIpUC&pg=PA264&lpg=P...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_catastrophe
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Fehlerkatastrophe (ohne Bindestrich) muss es natuerlich sein (siehe Peer comments)
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error catastrophy is a theory by L. Orgel
Error catastrophe occurs when high mutation rates give rise to so many deleterious mutations that they make the population go extinct.
Wenn die Uebersetzung populaere sein soll, koennte man vielleciht "Anzahl/Kette von fatalen Mutationen" benutzen |
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5 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 Fehler-Katastrophe
Explanation: error-catastrophe theory = Fehler-Katastrophe-Theorie
http://books.google.com/books?id=KRJfNmHhIpUC&pg=PA264&lpg=P...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_catastrophe
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Fehlerkatastrophe (ohne Bindestrich) muss es natuerlich sein (siehe Peer comments)
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error catastrophy is a theory by L. Orgel
Error catastrophe occurs when high mutation rates give rise to so many deleterious mutations that they make the population go extinct.
Wenn die Uebersetzung populaere sein soll, koennte man vielleciht "Anzahl/Kette von fatalen Mutationen" benutzen
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