Adaptation and conservation of physiological systems in the evolution of human hypoxia tolerance

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Hochachka, P W ^a   Rupert, J L ^a   Monge, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Evolutionary physiology; Exercise physiology; HIF 1; Hypobaric hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIVING; ENDURANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0032849140     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00079-3     Document Type: Review

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