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    Challenges→Founders of a new population can constitute an indiscriminate sample of the whole original population even if they all originate from the geographic edge of that population

    Geographic edge populations systematically exhibit reduced genetic diversity due to serial founder effects and range expansion dynamics.

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    • 1.Empirical studies of expanding populations (e.g., human settlement of Americas) show progressive allele loss at geographic margins consistent with founder effects.
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    • 2.Mathematical models of range expansion predict heterozygosity decline proportional to distance from origin when small groups colonize new territory sequentially.
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    • 3.Island and peripheral populations (Galápagos finches, island foxes) demonstrate lower genetic variation than mainland source populations across multiple taxa.
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    • 1.Edge populations often experience strong local selection pressures, generating adaptive diversity not captured by neutral genetic markers used in surveys.
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    • 2.Counterexamples exist: some peripheral populations maintain high diversity through admixture, gene flow from multiple source populations, or secondary contact zones.
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    • 3.The claim conflates range edges with founder colonization; established edge populations may have reached demographic equilibrium independent of expansion history.
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    Counterexamples exist: some peripheral populations maintain high diversity throu...Edge populations often experience strong local selection pressures, generating a...Empirical studies of expanding populations (e.g., human settlement of Americas) ...Founders of a new population can constitute an indiscriminate sample of the whol...
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