# founder effect

> loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals

**Wikidata**: [Q504568](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504568)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founder_effect)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/founder-effect


## References

1. United States National Library of Medicine
2. Medical Subject Headings
3. Nuovo soggettario
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. UMLS 2023
6. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)