The Genetic Architecture of Adaptations to High Altitude in Ethiopia

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Alkorta Aranburu, Gorka ^a   Beall, Cynthia M ^b   Witonsky, David B ^a   Gebremedhin, Amha ^c   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^a,d   Di Rienzo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872045569     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003110     Document Type: Article

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