MtDNA lineage expansions in sherpa population suggest adaptive evolution in Tibetan Highlands

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2579-2587

  Kang, Longli ^a   Zheng, Hong Xiang ^b   Chen, Feng ^a   Yan, Shi ^b,c   Liu, Kai ^d   Qin, Zhendong ^b   Liu, Lijun ^a   Zhao, Zhipeng ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Wang, Xiaofeng ^b   He, Yungang ^b,c   Jin, Li ^b,c  

^a XIZANG MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Tibet Occupational College of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

adaptive evolution; hypoxia adaption; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HYPOXIA; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; SHERPA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; HYPOXIA ADAPTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; TIBET;

EID: 84890351930     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst147     Document Type: Article

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