Genetic convergence in the adaptation of dogs and humans to the high-altitude environment of the Tibetan Plateau

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2122-2128

  Wang, Guo Dong ^a   Fan, Ruo Xi ^b   Zhai, Weiwei ^c,d   Liu, Fei ^a   Wang, Lu ^b   Zhong, Li ^b   Wu, Hong ^b   Yang, He Chuan ^a,e   Wu, Shi Fang ^a   Zhu, Chun Ling ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Gao, Yun ^a   Ge, Ri Li ^f   Wu, Chung I ^b,g   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b,d  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^f QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; EPAS1; High altitude adaptation; Tibetan village dog

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; DOG; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIBET;

EID: 84912128089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu162     Document Type: Article

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