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Population Founder Effect Genetic Drift Occurs Individuals Isolated

The founder effect is genetic drift that occurs when a few isolated individuals from a larger population form a new population.

El efecto fundador es la deriva genética que sucede cuando unos pocos individuos aislados de una población grande forman una nueva población.

Front founder effect
Back Genetic drift that occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population and form a new population whose gene pool composition is not reflective of that of the original population.

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