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What is founder effect?

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When a small group of individuals fromsome large population invades a new geographical region, these individuals act as founder members. They carry limited portion of the parental gene pool. Their descendant will inherit the genes of their founders. The resemblance of the gene pool of descendants and founders is called founder.s effect.
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