Human adaptation to arsenic in Andean populations of the Atacama Desert.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23193
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Quebrada Camarones, in the Atacama Desert, has the highest arsenic levels in the Americas (>1,000 µg/L). However, the Camarones people have subsisted in this adverse environment during the last 7,000 years and have not… read more here.
Keywords: human adaptation; protective variants; adaptation arsenic; atacama desert ... See more keywords