Letter to the Editor

Population data of 21 non-CODIS STR loci in the Chinese Uygur ethnic minority

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) tests between all pairs of STR loci were calculated using Arlequin v3.5.1.3. To estimate the interpopulation differentiations, the pairwise genetic distance of Fst value and corresponding p value were calculated using analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) by Arlequin v3.5.1.3 software between Chengdu Han population and other 25 published population, including Lhasa-Tibetan [8], Qinghai-Sala [9], Hubei-Tujia [10], Yunnan-Bai [11], Ningxia-Han [12], Xinjiang-Uyghur [13], Ili-Kazakh [14], Fujian-She [15], Inner Mongolia-Mongolian [16], Northern-Han [17], Guanzhong-Han [18], Yunnan-Yi [19], Hainan-Li [20], Guangdong-Han [21], Hunan-Han [22], Huadong-Han [23], Beijing-Han [24], Zhejiang-Han [25], Mongolia-Russian [26], Shandong-Han [27], Liaoning-Han [28], Henan-Han [29], Gansu-Yugu [30], Henan-Han2 [31] and Xinjiang-Xibe minority [32]. A neighbor-joining (N-J) phylogenetic tree [33] was constructed and visualized with the MEGA7 software [34] based on Nei’s genetic distances among 25 aforementioned populations, and Nei’s genetic distances were calculated using Phylip3.695 software [35].