FOUNDER EFFECT


Meaning of FOUNDER EFFECT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1970

: the effect on the resulting gene pool that occurs when a new isolated population is founded by a small number of individuals possessing limited genetic variation relative to the larger population from which they have migrated

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.