founder effect
English
Noun
founder effect (plural founder effects)
- (genetics, evolutionary theory) A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonising ancestors.
Translations
lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders
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Further reading
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