Limits on inferring genetic adaptation to high altitude in Himalayan and Andean populations

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-225

  Brutsaert, T D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Developmental adaptation; Hypoxia; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEPAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; NEPAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034925005     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702901750265314     Document Type: Article

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