As humans have migrated across the globe, establishment of new populations have resulted in the "serial founder effect." Given what you have learned about allele frequencies and the founder effect, list the following human populations in order from the first to migrate out of Africa to the most recently established population. Population
$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \text { Population } & \mathrm { R } & \mathrm { PD } & \mathrm { LS } & \mathrm { HS } & \text { LO } & \mathrm { F } \
\hline \text { \% heterozygosity } & 23 & 91 & 42 & 15 & 21 & 86 \
\hline
\end{array}$

Question

As humans have migrated across the globe, establishment of new populations have resulted in the "serial founder effect." Given what you have learned about allele frequencies and the founder effect, list the following human populations in order from the first to migrate out of Africa to the most recently established population. Population
$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \text { Population } & \mathrm { R } & \mathrm { PD } & \mathrm { LS } & \mathrm { HS } & \text { LO } & \mathrm { F } \
\hline \text { \% heterozygosity } & 23 & 91 & 42 & 15 & 21 & 86 \
\hline
\end{array}$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The serial founder effect predicts that populations established more recently will have lower genetic diversity due to a smaller number of founding members. The order from highest to lowest \% heterozygosity (indicative of genetic diversity) is PD, F, LS, R, LO, HS, which matches option B.

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