The Tibetan-Yi region is both a corridor and a barrier for human gene flow

Protocol to analyze population structure and migration history based on human genome variation data

“…To illustrate the data process steps, we show the analysis process and results of four different datasets used by Zhang et al. (2022) 1 as an example.…”

“… CRITICAL: The indicated software and package versions were used by Zhang et al. 1 Other versions of the software packages than those indicated here were not tested. If you intend to use different versions of software or packages, please check compatibility and be aware that the steps described in this protocol might not work as expected.…”

“…This protocol describes how to analyze population structure and migration history based on genome variation data from the Tibetan-Yi Corridor, 1 Tibetan Highlanders Project, 2 Simons Genome Diversity Project, 3 and 1000 Genomes Project (1KGP) Phase 3. 4 It can also be applied to population studies using other variation data resources.…”

“… 2 ) GSA: PRJCA000246 NODE: ND00000013EP Tibetan-Yi Corridor population variation database (Zhang et al. 1 ) GVA: GVM000100 Software and algorithms filterfq (v1.2.0) (Chen et al. 6 ) https://github.com/bowentan/filterfq BWA (v0.7.13) (Li and Durbin 7 ) http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/ RRID: SCR_010910 Samtools (v1.9) (Li et al.…”

A forensic population database of autosomal STR and X-STR markers in the Qiang ethnic minority of China

“…The Qiang people have been migrating throughout their long history, ranging from Central Asia in the west to Shandong in the east, and from the Brahmaputra Rivers in the southwest to the Tibetan-Yi Corridor in the south [ 2 ]. The Tibetan-Yi corridor is a region rich in cultural heritage and demographic diversity due to a variety of factors, including geographic and historic reasons [ 3 ]. The Qiang people are the most active ethnic group among all the populations along the Tibetan-Yi corridor.…”