Papers in the Biological Sciences
Jay F. Storz Publications
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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
7-2010
Abstract
Analyses of genomes from Tibetan populations reveal a signaling pathway that may account for high-altitude adaptation. Tibetans, who have lived at high altitudes for nearly 25,000 years, survive the low-oxygen environment through a low blood hemoglobin concentration.
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Published in Science Vol. 329 no. 5987 (July 2, 2010), pp. 40–41; doi: 10.1126/science.1192481 Copyright 2010 AAAS. Used by permission.