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From: "Drew Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Largest Global Study Of Genetic Variation andAccuracy in Record Keeping
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:41:07 -0500
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Bob <> wrote:
> Very interesting article. I would have thought the genetic variations would
> have worked the other way around. That is that Africa would have been the less
> diverse genetically instead of the more diverse.

Bob, I believe that this can be explained by the founder effect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founder_effect

Drew Smith

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