Gene flow in the face of countervailing selection: Adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in the βA hemoglobin subunit of yellow-billed pintails in the Andes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 815-827

  McCracken, Kevin G ^a,b   Bulgarella, Mariana ^a,b   Johnson, Kevin P ^c   Kuhner, Mary K ^d   Trucco, Jorge ^e   Valqui, Thomas H ^f,g   Wilson, Robert E ^a,b   Peters, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Patagonia Outfitters   (Argentina)

^f CENTRO DE ORNITOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD CORBIDI   (Peru)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Anas georgica; Anatidae; Ducks; Elevation; Migration; Oxygen binding and delivery; Patagonia; Population genetics; Puna; South America; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BETA-GLOBINS; DUCKS; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOUTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS GEORGICA; ANATIDAE;

EID: 62349130168     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp007     Document Type: Article

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