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Imagine that a new population of humans is established on a new planet from ten randomly selected people in your biology class. Over thousands of years, the descendants of those ten people reproduce and prosper, but do not reflect well the diversity of humans on Earth. This change in the diversity of people on the new planet is an example of _____.

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Answer: Founder effect.

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When a new population is formed from a small number of individuals, there is usually a lose of human diversity. This phenomenon is known as the founders effect.

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