when a small number of individuals moved to the united states from germany, they established an amish population. why do you often see a hig
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when a small number of individuals moved to the united states from germany, they established an amish population. why do you often see a higher prevalence of some rare diseases in these new founder populations?
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Answer:
Gene mutations.
Explanation:
The number of German immigrants were very few –around 200– thus there wasn’t a very large gene pool. These founding people’s genes were unusually prevalent in the population because they were the only source.