Wide distribution and altitude correlation of an archaic high-altitude-adaptive EPAS1 haplotype in the Himalayas

Human Genetics

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 393-402

  Hackinger, Sophie ^a   Kraaijenbrink, Thirsa ^b   Xue, Yali ^a   Mezzavilla, Massimo ^a,f   Asan, ^c   van Driem, George ^d   Jobling, Mark A ^e   de Knijff, Peter ^b   Tyler Smith, Chris ^a   Ayub, Qasim ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NEPAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEA LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIBETAN (PEOPLE); GENETICS;

ALTITUDE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84958741842     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1641-2     Document Type: Article

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