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Biol.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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founder effect — founder effect. См. эффект основателя. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Founder effect — In population genetics, the founder effect refers to the loss of genetic variation when a new colony is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1952 [Provine, W.B.… … Wikipedia
Founder-Effect — Beispiel: eine Stammpopulation (links) und drei mögliche Gründerpopulationen (rechts) Der Gründereffekt (Founder Effect) beschreibt eine genetische Abweichung einer isolierten Population oder Gründerpopulation (z. B. auf einer Insel) von der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
founder effect — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Founder effect — The positive effect on gene frequency when a population (a colony) has only a small number of original settlers (founders) one or more of whom had that gene. For example, the gene for Huntington disease was introduced into the Lake Maracaibo… … Medical dictionary
founder effect — /ˈfaʊndər əfɛkt/ (say fownduhr uhfekt) noun the effect on the genetic composition of a population of organisms of having developed as a subpopulation derived from a few members of an original population isolated from that population; the genetic… …
founder effect — The principle that when founders populate a new colony as an isolated entity, the population will contain only a small fraction of the total genetic variation of the parental population … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
founder effect — noun A lessening of genetic variation when the entire population in question descends from a small number of founders … Wiktionary
Founder effect — Refers to the presence in a population of many individuals all with the same chromosome (or region of a chromosome) derived a single ancestor … Forensic science glossary
founder effect — Biol. the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers … Useful english dictionary
