Abstract: To investigate ten genetic characters of the Miao and Shui peoples from Guizhou province (sample totals = Miao 448; Shui 465). The results of this work is as follows: significant differences ( P < 0. 05 ) between the Miao and Shui peoples based on three genetic characters (eyelash, thumb style, hair of middle finger), and insignificant differences (P > 0. 05) in the other seven genetic characters (curly top of tongue, curly sides of tongue, front style of the hair, cerumen, nose top, style of fore and ring finger, curl of little finger). There are few correlations between the ten characters of the Miao and Shui peoples from Guizhou Province.

Key words: Gene frequencies; Genetic character; Miao; Shui; Guizhou province