The lowest possible temperature, or absolute zero as it is called, is -459.67Â°F (-273.15Â°C). It is also called 0 kelvin, a scale with increments equivalent to degrees of Celsius, but which uses absolute zero rather than water's freezing point as its starting point.
Founder Effect: When a new colony of individuals is started from just a few members of the original population. All of the offspring will have the similar traits as the âfounders.â Genetic drift can cause big losses of alleles from the gene pool of small populations. When a population Population bottlenecks occur when a population's size is reduced for at least one generation.
Simple illustration of founder effect. The original population is on the left with three possible founder populations on the right. In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.