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founder effect en · NOUN

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1. (qualifier:evolutionary theory) A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors.
   • The view that Navajo neuropathy was purely inherited continued to have its adherents. It did seem logical. There were multiple cases within families. The syndrome had appeared suddenly, the way a “founder effect” disease might. 2006 November 20, Judy Pasternak, “Oases in Navajo Desert Contained 'A Witch's Brew'”, in Los Angeles Times:

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pt efeito fundador (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · ar تَأْثِير المُؤَسَّسَة (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · sh ефекат оснивача (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · cmn 奠基者效應 /奠基者效应 (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · fr effet fondateur (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · fi perustajavaikutus (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · sv grundareffekt (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · es efecto fundador (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · de Gründereffekt (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · ru эффе́кт основа́теля (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · pt efeito do fundador (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · ar تَأْثِير المُؤَسِّس (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · pl efekt założyciela (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders) · sh efekat osnivača (lessening of genetic variation when the entire population descends from a small number of founders)