Table 1.
Populations of the 1000 Genomes Project included in this study
| Super population | Subpopulation | # of samples |
|---|---|---|
| East Asian (EAS) |
Chinese Dai in Xishuangbanna (CDX), Han Chinese (CHB), Southern Han Chinese (CHS), Japanese in Tokyo, Japan (JPT) |
405 |
| African (AFR) |
Esan in Nigeria (ESN), Gambian in Western Division, the Gambia (GWD), Luhya in Webuye, Kenya (LWK), Mende in Sierra Leone (MSL), Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria (YRI) |
504 |
|
European (EUR) |
Utah residents (CEPH) with European Ancestry (CEU), Finnish in Finland (FIN), British in England and Scotland (GBR), Toscani in Italia (TSI) |
396 |
| Admixed American (AMR) |
Colombian in Medellin, Colombia (CLM), Mexican Ancestry in Los Angeles, California (MXL), Peruvian in Lima, Peru (PEL), Puerto Rican in Puerto Rico (PUR) |
347 |
The populations were downloaded from the 1000 Genomes Project database. We excluded Vietnamese from EAS, African American from AFR, and Iberian of Spain from EUR (see Methods)