title: Living the high life: high-altitude adaptation.
abstract: Genome-wide scans demonstrate that genetic variants associated with high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans and Andeans arose independently as a result of convergent adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Laura B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Scheinfeldt
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Tishkoff
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization / Q000235:genetics*; D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000235:genetics; D004777:Environment; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D013020:South America; D018609:Tibet
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1