founder effect

loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals
Thing phenomenon Q504568
founder effect
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founder effect

Summary

founder effect is a phenomenon[1]. It draws 525 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #32 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • founder effect's video is recorded as Founder effect-anim.gif[3].
  • founder effect's image is recorded as Founder effect.svg[4].
  • founder effect's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[5].
  • founder is named after founder effect[6].
  • founder effect's IdRef ID is recorded as 040832678[7].
  • founder effect's subclass of is recorded as genetic drift[8].
  • founder effect's Commons category is recorded as Founder effect[9].
  • founder effect's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D018703[10].
  • founder effect's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 52189[11].
  • founder effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022vs0[12].
  • founder effect's MeSH tree code is recorded as G05.285[13].
  • founder effect's facet of is recorded as genetics[14].
  • founder effect's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/founder-principle[15].
  • founder effect's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0242918[16].
  • founder effect's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as founder-effect[17].
  • founder effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "FounderEffect"][18].
  • founder effect's schematic is recorded as Founder effect Illustration.jpg[19].
  • founder effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 195054827[20].
  • founder effect's MeSH term ID is recorded as T055686[21].
  • founder effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C195054827[22].
  • founder effect's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 525787[23].
  • founder effect's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 533641[24].

Why It Matters

founder effect draws 525 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #32 of 290).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . United States National Library of Medicine. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Medical Subject Headings. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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