TY - JOUR AU - Hedrick, Philip, W. AB - Abstract Nonadaptive factors may be important in evolutionary change. Genetic hitchhiking, the change in frequency of neutral or nearly neutral alleles because of association with selected loci, is of potential significance for loci that are tightly linked or loci in highly inbred or asexual organisms. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes Hedrick is with the Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. © 1982 American Institute of Biological Sciences TI - Genetic Hitchhiking: A New Factor in Evolution? JF - BioScience DO - 10.2307/1309007 DA - 1982-12-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/genetic-hitchhiking-a-new-factor-in-evolution-m4oriSR6Sm SP - 845 EP - 853 VL - 32 IS - 11 DP - DeepDyve ER -