After several generations,35 percent of the island population is found to have AB+ blood.This is much higher than the percentage of AB+ people in the populations from which the original settlers came.The high percentage of AB+ blood is probably due to:

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The founder effect occurs when a small group of individuals migrates and establishes a new population with limited genetic diversity, resulting in a higher frequency of certain genetic traits that may have been rare in the original population. In this case, the high percentage of AB+ blood is likely due to the small number of original settlers who had this blood type, and their descendants passed on this trait to future generations.

After Several Generations,35 Percent of the Island Population Is Found