Hemoglobin function and physiological adaptation to hypoxia in high-altitude mammals

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-31

  Storz, Jay F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Altitude; Deer mouse; Ecological physiology; Evolutionary physiology; Hemoglobin; Hypoxia; Natural selection; Oxygen transport; Peromyscus maniculatus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPOXIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMORPHISM; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847668843     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-S-199R1.1     Document Type: Review

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