The evidence for hereditary factors contributing to high altitude adaptation in Andean natives: A review

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-256

  Rupert, J L ^a   Hochachka, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Aymara; Evolution; Hypoxia; Quechua

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH; HEMATOLOGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034922895     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702901750265332     Document Type: Article

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