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What situation most likely explains the occasional high frequency of certain inherited disorders among human populations established by a small population? view available hint(s) what situation most likely explains the occasional high frequency of certain inherited disorders among human populations established by a small population? nucleotide variability bottleneck effect founder effect mutation gene flow?

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The founder effect: is the reduction in genetic variation that occurs when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony. The new population can be very different from the original population, both in their genotypes and in their phenotypes.
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