"Olympic village effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Olympic village + effect From the breeding population selection effect resulting in a group of superior performant individuals like found at an Olympic village (the sportspeople housing for the Olympics) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Olympic village|effect}} Olympic village + effect, {{gloss|the sportspeople housing for the Olympics}} (the sportspeople housing for the Olympics) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Olympic village effect (uncountable)
  1. (evolutionary theory) A selection effect driving evolution of an invasive species at the invasion front, that selects the fastest and furthest invaders to interbreed creating stronger and faster invaders, due to the invasion front preselecting the fastest invaders, concentrating these individuals and therefore selecting those traits that let them invade faster. Wikipedia link: en:Olympic village Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Evolutionary theory
    Sense id: en-Olympic_village_effect-en-noun-5AqNItV4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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