Table 1.

A summary of recent studies on EA populations

Population	Ethnic Group	Data	Reference
Japanese	Mainland Japanese, Ainu and Ryukyuan	MtDNA and Y chromosome	[16]
		Microarray genotyping	[10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 39]
		Whole-genome sequencing	[13, 42]
Korean		MtDNA and Y chromosome	[21]
		Genotyping	[10, 19, 43]
		Whole-genome sequencing	[18, 44]
Chinese	Han Chinese	MtDNA and Y chromosome	[4, 7, 45]
		Microarray genotyping	[3, 10]
		Whole-genome sequencing	[23, 46–48]
	Tibetan and Sherpa	Microarray genotyping	[35, 36, 41, 49]
		Whole-genome sequencing	[27, 36, 50]
		Third-generation sequencing	[51]
	Uyghur	MtDNA and Y chromosome	[24, 25]
		Microarray genotyping	[26]
	Mongolian	MtDNA and Y chromosome	[29, 30]
		Microarray genotyping	[31]
		Whole-genome sequencing	[32, 33]