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deterrent effect meaning, deterrent effect definition | English Cobuild dictionary. deterrent. 1 n-count A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent...
The FOUNDER EFFECT refers to the loss of genetic variation when a new colony is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. In humans, founder effects can arise from cultural isolation, and inevitably, endogamy (i.e., marriage restricted to culturally or racially similar individuals).