Called the "Founder Effect". Its an extreme form of genetic drift and results in a small fragment of a population being the sole providers of DNA. Its a type of Bottleneck that results in higher homozygosity due to the simple fact that there's not many DIFFERENT individuals to breed with. But it takes many many generations to see deliterious effects from Founders and Bottlenecks (usually).



Thanks for the nice words Mykee!
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• Effects of inbreeding on snakes.....(questions) - Zazanak, Wed Jun 18 15:10:44 2003
• RE: Effects of inbreeding on snakes.....(questions) - jmartin104, Wed Jun 18 15:14:32 2003
• You, like most people, are confused... - Jeff Favelle, Wed Jun 18 16:55:09 2003
• This must have been for Zazanak - jmartin104, Wed Jun 18 17:00:18 2003
• RE: This must have been for Zazanak - Jeff Favelle, Wed Jun 18 21:30:43 2003
• RE: You, like most people, are confused... - meretseger, Wed Jun 18 17:00:29 2003
• RE: You, like most people, are confused... - mykee, Wed Jun 18 17:27:05 2003
• Yes and No - piebaldpython, Wed Jun 18 17:57:12 2003
• Oh yeah, happens all the time with Island species.... - Jeff Favelle, Wed Jun 18 21:36:16 2003
• Jeff, you impress me more and more each time I read your posts! n/p - sparke303, Thu Jun 19 02:26:37 2003
• RE: Jeff, you impress me more and more each time I read your posts! n/p - Jeff Favelle, Thu Jun 19 12:33:10 2003
• Wow!!!! Awesome! n/p - sparke303, Thu Jun 19 17:37:24 2003
• not really - jyohe, Wed Jun 18 18:57:28 2003
• RE: Effects of inbreeding on snakes.....(questions) - Paul Hollander, Wed Jun 18 18:32:03 2003