# Only 13 founders were sequenced; qpAdm has limited power to detect low-level admixture.

> Only 13 founders were sequenced; qpAdm has limited power to detect low-level admixture.

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# Only 13 founders were sequenced; qpAdm has limited power to detect low-level admixture.

Only 13 founders were sequenced; qpAdm has limited power to detect low-level admixture.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[A small number of incomers brought the economy, and their ancestry is too diluted to detect in the sampled…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies/answers/ANS0D90E8E82P3Y/a-small-number-of-incomers-brought-the-economy-and-their)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Only 13 founders were sequenced; qpAdm has limited power to detect low-level admixture. [Evidence EVD0D90E8P26WXY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D90E8P26WXY
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