The phrase "a weak population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing demographics, health, or social issues where the strength or resilience of a population is being evaluated.
Example: "The study revealed that a weak population is more susceptible to diseases and economic downturns."
Alternatives: "a vulnerable population" or "a fragile population."
Dark-skinned aboriginals were a frequent subject of sugoroku, ranging from a curious presence to be approached to a weak population to be conquered by the Japanese to cannibals to be feared and disparaged (as in this game).
On the earthward side of the front, there is a weak population of reflected and transmitted ions moving to the left with magnitude ( left|{V}_{ix}right|gtrsim 2{v}_A ).
The genetic relationships among G1 accessions were also supported by a weak population differentiation among sub-groups (FST = 0.05 - 0.11, Additional file 2: Figures S1a, b).
A weak population structure related to isolation-by-distance (IBD) was detected in the studied region, as indicated by significant Mantel test (see Results and Discussion).
Countries with a weak population and public health research capacity have limited capacity to identify and prioritize their health needs and, hence, are unable to develop and implement effective interventions to promote well-being.
The current evidence for BMI as a risk factor for hip OA appears to show a weak, population-based increase in risk.
The similarity in linkage disequilibrium observed here suggests that a relative weak population bottleneck might have occurred during dog domestication.
While ultrasonic vocalizations elicited a rather weak population response from the regular spikers, the modulation of neuronal responses by facial touch was remarkably strong.
We observed a moderate and weak population structure in Northern and Central-Southern breeds, respectively, with pairwise FST values between breeds ranging from 0.013 to 0.164 and 7.49 % of the total variance assigned to the between-breed level.
The analysis of genotyping data for Italian goats revealed: (i) high levels of genetic polymorphism, (ii) a limited amount of inbreeding, (iii) a geographical pattern that underlies the distribution of genomic diversity, and (iv) a moderate and weak population structure in the Northern and Central-Southern breeds, respectively.
The minor allele frequency (MAF) of the rs6232 SNP is, however, low (5%), and rs6232 is thus likely to provide a rather weak population-attributable risk on common obesity.
