Differentiated demographic histories and local adaptations between Sherpas and Tibetans

Genome Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Chao ^a,b   Lu, Yan ^a   Feng, Qidi ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoji ^a,b,c   Lou, Haiyi ^a   Liu, Jiaojiao ^a,b,c   Ning, Zhilin ^a,b   Yuan, Kai ^a,b   Wang, Yuchen ^a,b   Zhou, Ying ^a,b   Deng, Lian ^a,b   Liu, Lijun ^d   Yang, Yajun ^e   Li, Shilin ^e   Ma, Lifeng ^d   Zhang, Zhiying ^d   Jin, Li ^e   Su, Bing ^f   Kang, Longli ^d   Xu, Shuhua ^a,b,c,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XIZANG MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^g FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene flow; High altitude adaptation; Next generation sequencing; Population history; Sherpa; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CENTRAL ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EAST ASIAN; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAN CHINESE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEPAL; NEPALESE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHERPA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH ASIAN; TIBET; TIBETAN (PEOPLE); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; TIBET;

EID: 85027515053     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1242-y     Document Type: Article

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