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Re:Inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemp... by bryanrasmussen on Sunday October 06, 2019 @05:04PM (#21175122)
ok well, I suppose it was a trite comment and wasn't much use but on the other hand I sort of think it really is pertinent. Lack of Genetic diversity is a problem, I think it's quite easy to understand how Brexit is not likely to improve it, and given the most likely negative outcomes likely to worsen it.
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Re:Inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemp... by s1artibartfast on Sunday October 06, 2019 @05:56PM (#21175441)
I think many will assume the comment is flame-bait because lack of genetic diversity isn't really a problem. The entire human species had a population less than the current UK for the the majority of its 350,000 yr existence. Most of this time it operated in small related communities where diversity was much lower. Some have hypothesized that the global human population was as low as 2000 individuals for as long as 100,000 yrs. [1]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2427203/

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Re:Inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemp... by bryanrasmussen on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:36AM (#21177527)
yes you're right, my inherent prejudice for more genetic diversity did the thinking for me.
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Re:Inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemp... by swebs on Sunday October 06, 2019 @07:54PM (#21176071)
It's definitely not a problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Ethnic_groups

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Re:Inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemp... by ralfd on Sunday October 06, 2019 @05:35PM (#21175331)
What problem? Iceland has way less “genetic diversity” than Britain and is doing fine.
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Re:Inbreeding in a European ancestry sample from the contemp... by pnako on Sunday October 06, 2019 @06:45PM (#21175736)
Many countries manage to exist, to this day, outside of the European Union.
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