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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 also describes a population with a loss in genetic variation, however the cause is not associated a decrease on total population, but in a small part of the original population moving into a new habitat and becoming genetically isolated from the original population. 12 people found this useful.