Figure 2

Cumulative genetic contribution of founders for each population. Plot of the cumulative distribution of genetic contributions of founders for each population in relation to the cumulative proportion of contributing founders, sorted in decreasing order of their genetic contribution. The dashed line presents the hypothetical situation in which all founders of a population contribute equally to the gene pool. ACA Acadians, GFC Gaspesian French Canadians, LOY Loyalists, MON Montreal, NS North Shore, QUE Quebec City area, SAG Saguenay, PQ Whole sample from the Province of Quebec, Unif Uniform distribution.