Genetic Signatures Reveal High-Altitude Adaptation in a Set of Ethiopian Populations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1877-1888

  Huerta Sánchez, Emilia ^a   DeGiorgio, Michael ^a   Pagani, Luca ^b,c   Tarekegn, Ayele ^d   Ekong, Rosemary ^e   Antao, Tiago ^b   Cardona, Alexia ^b   Montgomery, Hugh E ^f   Cavalleri, Gianpiero L ^g   Robbins, Peter A ^h   Weale, Michael E ⁱ   Bradman, Neil ^e   Bekele, Endashaw ^d   Kivisild, Toomas ^b   Tyler Smith, Chris ^c   Nielsen, Rasmus ^a,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

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Author keywords

Adaptation to high altitude; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION TO HIGH ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION TO HIGH ALTITUDE; NATURAL SELECTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ETHIOPIA; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84892481609     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst089     Document Type: Article

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