Top 1 candidate genes identified among 36 pairs of Asian populations.

Note: Groups are abbreviated as: JK – Japanese&Korean, Han – Han Chinese, SCT1 – SouthernChinese&Thai1, SCT2 – SouthernChinese&Thai2, INDO – Indonesian, PN – PhilippineNegrito, SEA – SoutheastAsian, MN – MalaysianNegrito, IND – Indian. Slash represents unknown gene function. After ranking candidates by averaging three SNPs that displayed higher FST within candidate genes, we put forward the top selection signal in each comparison of the nine groups, underlying the greatest possibility of population differentiation. No. SNP represents the number of SNPs within the gene. The function column shows the biological processes and phenotypic associations.