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Olympic village effect

(evolutionary biology) 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.

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