Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads

Cell

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 569-580.e15

  Ilardo, Melissa A ^a   Moltke, Ida ^a   Korneliussen, Thorfinn S ^a,b   Cheng, Jade ^c   Stern, Aaron J ^c   Racimo, Fernando ^a   de Barros Damgaard, Peter ^a   Sikora, Martin ^a   Seguin Orlando, Andaine ^a   Rasmussen, Simon ^d   van den Munckhof, Inge C L ^e   ter Horst, Rob ^e   Joosten, Leo A B ^e   Netea, Mihai G ^e,f   Salingkat, Suhartini ^g   Nielsen, Rasmus ^a,c   Willerslev, Eske ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g Faculty of Public Health Tompo Tika University   (Indonesia)

^h WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; bradykinin; diving reflex; diving response; hypoxia; natural selection; sea nomads; spleen size; thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BADJAU; BDKRB2 GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVING; ERYTHROCYTE METABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; PDE10A GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIAN; SPLEEN SIZE; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREATH HOLDING; CAUCASIAN; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INDONESIA; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPLEEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN; PDE10A PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREATH HOLDING; DIVING; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INDONESIA; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045329203     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.054     Document Type: Article

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