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    It is not the case that If the causal history of which individuals become founders is partly constituted by geographic structure, then geographic origin is causally integrated with heritable trait transmission, not separable from it.

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    • 1.Heritable traits have independent physical bases (genes) that exist prior to and separately from geographic location or founder identity.
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    • 2.Geographic structure may influence WHICH alleles appear in founders, but doesn't make geography constitutive of trait transmission itself.
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    • 3.Causal integration requires showing geography affects trait transmission mechanisms, not merely affecting founder selection or allele frequency.
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    • 1.Founder identity is determined through selection processes (migration patterns, resource access, survival) that are geographically structured.
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    • 2.Geographic location constrains which genetic variants are available in a population, making origin inseparable from trait distribution.
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    • 3.Causal integration means geographic factors influence both who founds populations AND which traits they transmit—they're one causal process.
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