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noun Biology.

the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.

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How to use founder effect in a sentence

Now that the virus has spread almost everywhere, when we see new variants overtake a population, it is much more likely to be due to selection — improved fitness — than the founder effect.
How to Understand COVID-19 Variants and Their Effects on Vaccines|Tara C. Smith|February 25, 2021|Quanta Magazine
The samples are evidence of a founder effect, like a group of birds on a remote island all descended from the same ancestor.
Can Louisiana’s COVID surge trace back to one Mardi Gras reveler?|Philip Kiefer|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science