Founder-effect
noun, Biology.
1.
the accumulation of random genetic changes in an isolated population as a result of its proliferation from only a few parent colonizers.
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[foun-der] /ˈfaʊn dər/ verb (used without object) 1. (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink. 2. to fall or sink down, as buildings, ground, etc.: Built on a former lake bed, the building has foundered nearly ten feet. 3. to become wrecked; fail utterly: The project foundered because public support was […]
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[foun-der] /ˈfaʊn dər/ verb (used without object) 1. (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink. 2. to fall or sink down, as buildings, ground, etc.: Built on a former lake bed, the building has foundered nearly ten feet. 3. to become wrecked; fail utterly: The project foundered because public support was […]
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[foun-der-uh s] /ˈfaʊn dər əs/ adjective 1. likely to cause ; miry; swampy.
- Founding
[found] /faʊnd/ verb 1. simple past tense and past participle of . 2. equipped, outfitted, or furnished: He bought a new boat, fully found. adjective 3. British. provided or furnished without additional charge, as to a tenant; included within the price, rent, etc. (often used postpositively): Room to let, laundry found. noun 4. something that […]
- Founding-fathers
plural noun 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often lowercase) any group of founders: the town’s founding fathers. A general name for male American patriots during the Revolutionary War, especially the signers of the Declaration of Independence and those who drafted the Constitution. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, […]