founder effect

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Definitions of founder effect words

noun founder effect the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers. 1
noun founder effect A lessening of genetic variation when the entire population in question descends from a small number of founders. 0

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