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xenn [34]
2 years ago
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Describe the founder effect.

Biology
1 answer:
kolezko [41]2 years ago
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The founder effect is the loss of genetic variety that happens when a new population is founded by a small number of individuals from a larger population, according to population genetics. Ernst Mayr was the first to thoroughly explain it in 1942, based on previous theoretical work by people like Sewall Wright.

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