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Genetic Drift and the Founder Effect:
In the Amish, in fact, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome ... genetically determined traits that would ordinarily be uncommon in the overall gene pool might crop up with distressing frequency in a small ...
The Scientist5y
Human Mutation Rates Steady Across Groups—Except in the Amish
except one—the Old Order Amish of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This group has a lower rate of developing new mutations, according to a study published January 21 in PNAS. The lower mutation rate does not ...
Case Western Reserve University7y
The Genetics of AMD in the Old Order Amish
For over two decades, Dr. Jonathan Haines has studied genetic factors that contribute to diseases of aging and “successful” aging in the Old Order Amish. A growing health concern in the US population ...
PBS11d
Genetic Drift and the Founder Effect:
In the Amish, in fact, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome ... genetically determined traits that would ordinarily be uncommon in the overall gene pool might crop up with distressing frequency in a small ...