“…We assessed the differences between Xinjiang Mongolian population and six reference populations in the allele frequencies of these 22 loci by using the analysis of molecular variance (Table 2). There were significant differences at 6, 8, 6, 8, 9, and 17 loci between Mongolian population and Northern Han (Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi) (2), Guangdong Han (3), Chengdu Han (4), Xinjiang Hui (6), Xinjiang Uygur (7), and Hainan Li (5) populations, respectively. In addition, we chose 16 loci as overlapping loci (except for D2S1338, D9S925, D12S391, D16S539, D20S470, and D21S1270) to compare the studied population with the Qinghai Tibetan (26) and Hainan Han (27) populations.…”