A loss of 90% of the population in the Pingelap atoll from a typhoon in 1775 resulted in a high percentage of the current population being affected by achromatopsia.As a result,all of these affected individuals _____.

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The high percentage of achromatopsia in the Pingelap atoll population is due to a genetic bottleneck, where the few survivors of the typhoon, including a carrier of the gene, passed it on to their descendants.

A Loss of 90% of the Population in the Pingelap