founder effect

  1. Thegoodshepherd

    GENETICS Somali Founder Effect & Genetic Diversity

    It seems that the average Somali is more inbred than the product of a normal second cousin marriage, and FROH (measure of inbreeding) of 0.015 for children of second cousins and a higher higher 0.018 for the average Somali. This is apparently due to present day preference for consanguineous...
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