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. 2010;11(9):133.
doi: 10.1186/gb-2010-11-9-133. Epub 2010 Sep 10.

Living the high life: high-altitude adaptation

Laura B Scheinfeldt  1 , Sarah A Tishkoff
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Living the high life: high-altitude adaptation

Laura B Scheinfeldt et al. Genome Biol. 2010.

Abstract

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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