Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of Chinese Muslim populations Dongxiang and Hui

doi:10.1038/srep38656

. 2016 Dec 7:6:38656.

doi: 10.1038/srep38656.

Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of Chinese Muslim populations Dongxiang and Hui

Hong-Bing Yao¹, Chuan-Chao Wang^{2

3}, Xiaolan Tao¹, Lei Shang⁴, Shao-Qing Wen², Bofeng Zhu⁵, Longli Kang⁶, Li Jin^{2

7}, Hui Li²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Evidence Science of Gansu Province, Gansu Institute of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
³ Department of Archaeogenetics and Eurasia3angle research group, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Straße 10, 07745 Jena, Germany.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, Beijing, 100038, China.
⁵ School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China.
⁶ Key Laboratory of High Altitude Environment and Gene Related to Disease of Tibet, Ministry of Education, Tibet University for Nationalities, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712082, China.
⁷ CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.

PMID: 27924949
PMCID: PMC5141421
DOI: 10.1038/srep38656

Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of Chinese Muslim populations Dongxiang and Hui

Hong-Bing Yao et al. Sci Rep. 2016.

. 2016 Dec 7:6:38656.

doi: 10.1038/srep38656.

Authors

Hong-Bing Yao¹, Chuan-Chao Wang^{2

3}, Xiaolan Tao¹, Lei Shang⁴, Shao-Qing Wen², Bofeng Zhu⁵, Longli Kang⁶, Li Jin^{2

7}, Hui Li²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Evidence Science of Gansu Province, Gansu Institute of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
³ Department of Archaeogenetics and Eurasia3angle research group, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Straße 10, 07745 Jena, Germany.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, Beijing, 100038, China.
⁵ School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China.
⁶ Key Laboratory of High Altitude Environment and Gene Related to Disease of Tibet, Ministry of Education, Tibet University for Nationalities, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712082, China.
⁷ CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.

PMID: 27924949
PMCID: PMC5141421
DOI: 10.1038/srep38656

Abstract

There is a long-going debate on the genetic origin of Chinese Muslim populations, such as Uygur, Dongxiang, and Hui. However, genetic information for those Muslim populations except Uygur is extremely limited. In this study, we investigated the genetic structure and ancestry of Chinese Muslims by analyzing 15 autosomal short tandem repeats in 652 individuals from Dongxiang, Hui, and Han Chinese populations in Gansu province. Both genetic distance and Bayesian-clustering methods showed significant genetic homogeneity between the two Muslim populations and East Asian populations, suggesting a common genetic ancestry. Our analysis found no evidence of substantial gene flow from Middle East or Europe into Dongxiang and Hui people during their Islamization. The dataset generated in present study are also valuable for forensic identification and paternity tests in China.

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**Figure 1. Plots of pairwise Fst of Dongxinag, Hui, and Han Chinese in Linxia and other 45 worldwide populations.**

**Figure 2. Estimated population genetic structure of Dongxinag, Hui, and Han Chinese in Linxia and other 45 worldwide populations.**

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[1] Gladney D. C. Ethnic identity in China: the making of a Muslim minority nationality. (Harcourt Brace College, 1998).

[2] Gladney D. C. Ethnic identity in China: the making of a Muslim minority nationality. (Harcourt Brace College, 1998).

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