Genomic Analysis of Natural Selection and Phenotypic Variation in High-Altitude Mongolians

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Xing, Jinchuan ^a,b,c   Wuren, Tana ^b   Simonson, Tatum S ^a,d   Watkins, W Scott ^a   Witherspoon, David J ^a   Wu, Wilfred ^a   Qin, Ga ^b   Huff, Chad D ^a,e   Jorde, Lynn B ^a   Ge, Ri Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B6; HEMOGLOBIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYP2E1 GENE; EPAS1 GENE; EPHB6 GENE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MONGOLOID RACE; NATURAL SELECTION; PAOX GENE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PKLR GENE; PLESIOMORPHY; PPARG GENE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MONGOLIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880768201     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003634     Document Type: Article

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