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    It is not the case that If edge populations are already genetically impoverished relative to the core, founders drawn from them are statistically biased samples of heritable variation.

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    • 1.Edge populations may harbor unique, locally-adapted alleles absent in core populations, making them different rather than simply impoverished samples.
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    • 2.Founder bias depends on selection mechanisms—random sampling from edges could represent total heritable variation better than non-random core sampling.
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    • 3.The claim conflates genetic diversity with heritability; founders from edges may carry fewer alleles but equal or greater functional phenotypic variation.
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    • 1.Edge populations experience stronger genetic drift and selection pressures, reducing allelic diversity compared to larger core populations.
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    • 2.Founders drawn from depleted genetic pools cannot introduce variation that was already lost, making them necessarily unrepresentative of total species variation.
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    • 3.Empirical studies document lower heterozygosity at population margins, confirming genetic impoverishment as a measurable biological phenomenon.
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