An evolutionary model for identifying genetic adaptation to high altitude

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 588, Issue , 2006, Pages 101-118

  Moore, Lorna G ^a,b   Shriver, Mark ^a   Bemis, Lynne ^b   Vargas, Enrique ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Hypoxia; Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF); IUGR; Natural selection; Preeclampsia; Uteroplacental ischemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934438336     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34817-9_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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