Definition of Sewall Wright effect
:differentiation within a group arising from chance fixation of nonadaptive characters in small isolated populations
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Sewall Wright effect
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Sew·all Wright effect
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Origin and Etymology of sewall wright effect
after Sewall Wright, born 1889 American geneticist
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