Detecting natural selection in high-altitude human populations

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 161-171

  Beall, Cynthia M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; High altitude; Human; Natural selection; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NATURAL SELECTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548695707     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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