Selective pressure has not acted against hypercoagulability alleles in high-altitude Amerindians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 426-432

  Rupert, Jim L ^a   Monsalve, M V ^a   Kidd, K K ^b   Tan, C ^a   Hochachka, P W ^a   Devine, D V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; ARGININE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBRINOGEN; INTEGRIN; OXYGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALTITUDE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALTITUDE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; SELECTION (GENETICS); THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 0141615611     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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