Living the high life: high-altitude adaptation

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作者
Scheinfeldt, Laura B. [1 ]
Tishkoff, Sarah A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Genet, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
POSITIVE SELECTION; TIBETAN;
D O I
10.1186/gb-2010-11-9-133
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Genome-wide scans demonstrate that genetic variants associated with high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans and Andeans arose independently as a result of convergent adaptation.
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