Human populations have different levels of genetic diversity
Figure 18-20: Plot of haplotype heterozygosity versus microsatellite heterozygosity shows genetic diversity for different geographical groups of humans. Genetic diversity is lowest for Native Americans because of the founder effect.
[Data from D. F. Conrad et al., Nat. Genet. 38, 2006, 1251- 1260 .]
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