Effect, founder

Effect, founder
A population group with an unusual frequency of a gene due to there having been only a small number of original members ("founders") one or more of whom had that gene. For example, the gene for Huntington disease was introduced into the Lake Maracaibo region of Venezuela early in the 19th century, so there are now over a hundred persons with Huntington disease and at least 900 persons at risk for that deadly disease in that region, the largest known aggregation known in the world with the Huntington gene.

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  • founder principle — См. founder effect …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • founder effect — noun Date: 1970 the effect on the resulting gene pool that occurs when a new isolated population is founded by a small number of individuals possessing limited genetic variation relative to the larger population from which they have migrated …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Founder effect — The positive effect on gene frequency when a population (a colony) has only a small number of original settlers (founders) one or more of whom had that gene. For example, the gene for Huntington disease was introduced into the Lake Maracaibo… …   Medical dictionary

  • effect — The result or consequence of an action. [L. efficio, pp. effectus, to accomplish, fr. facio, to do] abscopal e. a reaction produced following irradiation but occurring outside the zone of actual radiation absorption. additive e. an e. wherein two …   Medical dictionary

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