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Genetic diversity |
The level of diversity in the genetics of the individuals of a population. |
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Selective breeding |
The breeding of organisms by human selection of parents/gametes in order to perpetuate certain characteristics and/or to eliminate others. |
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The Founder Effect |
When a few individuals from a population colonise a new region. These few individuals will carry with them only a small fraction of the alleles of the population as a whole. |
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Genetic bottlenecks |
Populations of a species may, from time to time, suffer a dramatic drop in numbers. The few survivors will possess a much smaller variety of alleles than the original population. |