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founder effect
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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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.
From 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.
From Popular-Science
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