The founder effect is when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population and establish a new population with a different gene pool. This accounts for the relatively high frequency of certain inherited disorders among isolated human populations.
L'effetto del fondatore si verifica quando pochi individui si isolano da una popolazione più grande e stabiliscono una nuova popolazione con un pool genico diverso. Ciò spiegherebbe l'alta frequenza relativa di alcuni disturbi ereditari tra le popolazioni umane isolate.
| Text | The founder effect is when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population and establish a new population with a different gene pool. This accounts for the relatively high frequency of certain inherited disorders among isolated human populations. |
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