Table 1.

Basic information of the populations enrolled in this study.

Population	Category	Size	Location	Source
High-altitude Tajik	Highlander	80	Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China	This study
Sarikoli Tajik	Highlander	86	Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China	Reference
Wakhi Tajik	Highlander	66	Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China	Reference
Pamirs Tajik	Highlander	50	Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan	Reference
Lowland Tajik	Lowlander	28	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Reference
East Pamir Kyrgyz	Highlander	68	Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, China	Reference
Lowland Kyrgyz	Lowlander	54	Artux, Xinjiang, China	Reference
Lowland Uygur	Lowlander	27	Artux, Xinjiang, China	Reference
Sherpa	Highlander	76	Tibet, China	Reference
Beijing Han Chinese	Lowlander	103	Beijing, China	1000 Genomes Project
Tibetan	Highlander	68	Tibet, China	Reference