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Founder effect
Noun
Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
Noun
A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors.
Synonyms
founder
pedigree collapse
genetic drift
olympic village effect
hitchhiking
island rule
hill-robertson effect
mutationism
inbreeding
introgressor
edge effect
hyperconservation
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