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Noun
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A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonising ancestors.

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descend variation genetic
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Rhyming Words
ect dect fect tect lect hect sect exect elect spect eject object inject adject advect expect resect adlect detect aspect
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