genetic hitchhiking
genetic hitchhiking A process whereby a gene with neutral value achieves a high value, or even fixation, within a population because it is closely linked to a gene that is being selected for.
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Genetics , genetics, scientific study of the mechanism of heredity. While Gregor Mendel first presented his findings on the statistical laws governing the trans… A.h. Sturtevant , Sturtevant, Alfred Henry
STURTEVANT, ALFRED HENRY
genetics.
Sturtevant was the youngest of six children of Alfred Henry Sturtevant and Harriet Evelyn… Genetic Drift , Genetic drift is the random change in the genetic composition of a population due to chance events causing unequal participation of individuals in pr… Microbial Genetics , Microbial genetics is a branch of genetics concerned with the transmission of hereditary characters in microorganisms. Within the usual definition, m… Gene , The gene is the physical unit of heredity. For each physical trait—such as eye color, height, hair color—a person inherits two genes or two groups of… Hermann Muller , Muller, Hermann
Muller, Hermann
Geneticist 1890-1967
Hermann Joseph Muller was one of the founding members of the "fly lab" that was initiated by Tho…
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