# genetic hitchhiking

> incidental selection of non-harmful genes which are close to a beneficial gene on the same DNA chain

**Wikidata**: [Q2872472](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2872472)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_hitchhiking)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/genetic-hitchhiking


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013