Usually means: Genetic variation reduced by isolation.
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  1. founder effect: Merriam-Webster
  2. founder effect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. founder effect: Wiktionary
  4. founder effect: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. founder effect: Dictionary.com
  6. Founder effect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Effect, founder, Founder effect: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. founder effect: Medical dictionary
  6. Effect, founder, Founder effect: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  2. founder effect: Evolution Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (founder effect)

noun:  (genetics, evolutionary theory) A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonising ancestors.

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