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The Dunkers of Pennsylvania are members of a religious sect,about 50 of whom emigrated from Germany in the early 1700's. Theyhave remained relatively isolated ever since. The frequency ofblood group A in this small group is around 60% while in German andAmerican populations generally, the frequency is 40%. TheAB(IB) allele is absent in the Dunkers butcomprises about 15% of the alleles in both German and Americanpopulations. Construct an inference to account for the differencesin gene frequencies among the Dunkers as compared to American andGerman populations.

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