ghost population

短语

词形变化

ghost populations 复数 ghost populations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

词源

From ghost + population.

来源：wiktionary