Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation to High Altitude from Tibetan and Sherpa Genomes
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy233
Abstract: Abstract Although Tibetans and Sherpa present several physiological adjustments evolved to cope with selective pressures imposed by the high-altitude environment, especially hypobaric hypoxia, few selective sweeps at a limited number of hypoxia related genes were… read more here.
Keywords: altitude; high altitude; tibetan sherpa; adaptation high ... See more keywords