Final answer:
a. founder & fonder
The answer to the word puzzle is founder & fonder, which uses the phrase 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' to describe growing affection in absence.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is playing on words to reveal two different concepts when a letter is removed from the word describing an 'originator.' When you take out the letter 'U' from the word 'founder', you get the word 'fonder', which alludes to the expression 'absence makes the heart grow fonder.' This indicates that missing someone can intensify your affection for them. The correct answer to the question is a. founder & fonder.
The term founder effect is related but refers to a genetic concept in biology where a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population, leading to reduced genetic variation and differing frequencies of certain traits compared to the original population.