Figure S1. The location of the studied population and comparedpopulations

1---She population[1]; 2---Kazakpopulation[2]; 3---Salarpopulation[3];

4---Tujiapopulation[4]; 5---Ningxia Hanpopulation[5]; 6---Guanzhong Han[6-7]

7---Tibetanpopulation[8]; 8---Baipopulation[9]; 9---Yipopulation[10-11]; 10---Russian[12-13];11---Mongolian[14]; 12---Uygur-2population[15-16]; 13---Huipopulation[17];14---JinanHanpopulation[18].

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