On the origin of tibetans and their genetic basis in adapting high-altitude environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Binbin ^a,b   Zhang, Yong Biao ^c   Zhang, Feng ^c   Lin, Hongbin ^c   Wang, Xumin ^c   Wan, Ning ^c   Ye, Zhenqing ^c   Weng, Haiyu ^d   Zhang, Lili ^c   Li, Xin ^c   Yan, Jiangwei ^c   Wang, Panpan ^c   Wu, Tingting ^c   Cheng, Longfei ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Wang, Duen Mei ^c   Ma, Xu ^a,b,e   Yu, Jun ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d Public Security Department   (China)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ASIAN; CELL LINE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TIBET;

EID: 79952229166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017002     Document Type: Article

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