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HITCH-HIKING [3 records]

Record 1 2024-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

L'autostop génétique («genetic hitch-hiking») permet à une mutation neutre ou légèrement défavorable de se répandre dans une population simplement par le fait qu'elle est associée à un allèle fortement sélectionné [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
CONT

Se ha demostrado que el aislamiento reproductivo surge de la pleiotropía (es decir, la selección indirecta que actúa sobre genes que codifican más de un rasgo), lo que se conoce como autostop genético.

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modes of Transport (Tourism)
CONT

Hitchhiking is the activity or process of travelling by getting lifts from passing vehicles without paying.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moyens de transport (Tourisme)
DEF

Procédé consistant, pour un piéton, à arrêter par un geste un automobiliste, pour lui demander de le transporter gratuitement.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

Gang rapists, on the other hand, are younger, meet the victim in public places(on the street or where she is hitch-hiking), and attack her in one of the aggressors’ houses, in a public place, or on the street. Exhibitionism seems more important in gang rapes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
OBS

À ne pas confondre avec le «viol collectif» des milliers de femmes en Bosnie. Le «viol en bandes» est commis sur une seule personne. Terme entériné par un organisme responsable de l'Article 19 du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques.

Spanish

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