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ghost population

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Etymology

From ghost + population.

Noun

ghost population (plural ghost populations)

  1. A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.
    The Ancient North-Eurasians are a ghost population whose existence can be inferred from analysis of European and Native American genes.
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