Quantitative genetic analysis of arterial oxygen saturation in Tibetan highlanders

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 597-604

  Beall, Cynthia M ^a   Strohl, Kingman P ^b   Blangero, John ^c   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^c   Decker, Michael J ^a   Brittenham, Gary M ^d   Goldstein, Melvyn C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Metrohealth Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Heritability; High altitude hypoxia; Major gene; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031259762     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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