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-The Amish are a small, isolated group of people who came from Europe and settled in the United States. There is a set of unusual genetic conditions among them. This type of genetic drift is called ________.

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The definition describes the founder effect, which occurs when a small group of individuals separates from a larger population and establishes a new settlement, leading to a new gene pool with a different distribution of alleles.

Answer: G 
 Neanderthals were an extinct species of human that lived in Europe and Asia during the Paleolithic era. They are believed to have interbred with some of the ancestors of modern humans, as evidenced by genetic studies.

Answer: J 
 Astragalus is a bone in the ankle joint of primates, including humans. It has been used in studies of primate evolution because of its unique morphology and function.

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