A genome-wide search for signals of high-altitude adaptation in tibetans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1003-1011

  Xu, Shuhua ^a   Li, Shilin ^b   Yang, Yajun ^b   Tan, Jingze ^b   Lou, Haiyi ^a   Jin, Wenfei ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Pan, Xuedong ^b   Wang, Jiucun ^b   Shen, Yiping ^c   Wu, Bailin ^b,c   Wang, Hongyan ^b   Jin, Li ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

high altitude adaptation; hypoxia; hypoxia inducible factor; IPA; natural selection; SNP; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR PROLYL HYDROXYLASE 2; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PROCOLLAGEN-PROLINE DIOXYGENASE; TIBET;

EID: 78751489036     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq277     Document Type: Article

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