Table 1.
Summary of populations investigated in this study
| Population | Code | Category | Size | Language | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarikoli Tajik | ST | Highlander | 86 | Indo-European | Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China | This study |
| Wakhi Tajik | WT | Highlander | 66 | Indo-European | Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China | This study |
| Pamiri Tajik | PT | Highlander | 50 | Indo-European | Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | This study |
| Lowland Tajik | LT | Lowlander | 28 | Indo-European | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | This study |
| East Pamir Kyrgyz | EPK | Highlander | 68 | Turkic | Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China | This study |
| West Pamir Kyrgyz | WPK | Highlander | 3 | Turkic | Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | This study |
| Lowland Kyrgyz | LK | Lowlander | 54 | Turkic | Artux, Xinjiang, China | This study |
| Lowland Uygur | LU | Lowlander | 27 | Turkic | Artux, Xinjiang, China | This study |
| Sherpa | She | Highlander | 76 | Tibeto-Burman | Shigatse, Tibet, China | 48 |
| Beijing Han Chinese | CHB | Lowlander | 103 | Sino-Tibetan | Beijing, China | 1000 Genomes Project |
| Punjabi | PJL | Lowlander | 96 | Indo-European | Lahore, Pakistan | 1000 Genomes Project |
| Persian | Per | Lowlander | 181 | Indo-European | Iran | 18 |
| Qashqai | Qas | Lowlander | 112 | Turkic | Iran | 18 |
| Azeri | Aze | Lowlander | 30 | Turkic | Baku, Azerbaijan | 17 |
| Armenian | Arm | Lowlander | 30 | Indo-European | Yerevan, Armenia | 17 |
| Georgian | Geo | Lowlander | 28 | Kartvelian | Batumi, Georgia | 17 |
Note: CHB and PJL are retrieved from the 1000 Genomes Project (ftp://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/release/20130502/supporting/MT/chrMT_sequences_2534.20160505.fasta.gz)