OBJECTIVES: To investigate the ethnic origin of Chuanqing people, one of the largest unidentified ethnic groups in Guizhou, China, and analyze its genetic relationships with surrounding populations. METHODS: Based on a self-developed microhaplotype system, we conducted genotyping and analyzed the genetic distribution of microhaplotype loci and their forensic applicability in Chuanqing population in Guizhou Province. Using the microhaplotype data from different intercontinental populations and previously reported data from Han population living in Guizhou Province, we systematically investigated the genetic background of Chuanqing people through population genetic approaches, including genetic distance estimation, principal component analysis, and phylogenetic tree construction. RESULTS: Among the studied population, the number of haplotype per microhaplotype ranged from 6 to 25. The average expected heterozygosity (He), observed heterozygosity (Ho), power of discrimination (PD), and probability of exclusion (PE) were 0.8291, 0.8301, 0.9387, and 0.6593, respectively. The cumulative power of discrimination (CPD) and cumulative probability of exclusion (CPE) for these 33 loci were 1-2.62×10^-41 and 1-7.64×10^-17, respectively. Population genetic analyses revealed that the Chuanqing population had close genetic relationships with the East Asian populations, especially the local Guizhou Han population, Beijing Han population and the Han populations living in southern China. CONCLUSIONS The 33 microhaplotypes exhibit high levels of genetic diversity in the Guizhou Chuanqing population, highlighting their potentials for both forensic identification and parentage testing. The Han populations might have contributed a significant amount of genetic material to the Chuanqing population during the formation and development of the latter.
Humans ; China/ethnology* ; Ethnicity/genetics* ; Forensic Genetics/methods* ; Genetics, Population ; Genotype ; Haplotypes ; Phylogeny ; East Asian People/genetics*

Objective To establish a HPLC method for the determination of related substances in lysine hydrochloride and zinc gluconate oral solution. Methods The HPLC separation was performed at 30 ℃ on an Inertsil Amide column (4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm) by gradient elution with mobile phase A [phosphatesolution (2.72 g KH2PO4and 0.46 goctane sulfonate,added with 1 000 mL)-acetonitrile (22:78)] and B [phosphate solution-acetonitrile (95:5)] at the flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1.The clumn temperature was 30 ℃.The determination wavelength was 203 nm. Results The major peaks were well separated from adjacent related substances peaks and resolution were greater than 2.0.The theoretical plate number of major peaks and related substance peaks were greater than 3 000.Excipients and destruction test products did not interfere with the determination. Conclusion This method is practicable,specific and durable for the simultaneous determination of related substances in lysine hydrochloride and zinc gluconate oral solution.