High Altitude Adaptation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Tibetan Horse Based on the Mitochondrial Genome

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 720-729

  Xu, Shuqing ^a,b,d   Luosang, Jiangbai ^b   Hua, Sang ^b   He, Jian ^b   Ciren, Asan ^b,c   Wang, Wei ^b   Tong, Xiaomei ^b   Liang, Yu ^b   Wang, Jian ^b   Zheng, Xiaoguang ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

high altitude adaptation; mitochondrial genome; NADH6; phylogeny; Tibetan horses

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 3; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORSE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NADH6 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HORSES; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIBET;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547849726     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(07)60081-2     Document Type: Article

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