Living the high life: high-altitude adaptation.
Genome-wide scans demonstrate that genetic variants associated with high-altitude adaptation in Tibetans and Andeans arose independently as a result of convergent adaptation.
Scheinfeldt
Laura B
LB
Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Tishkoff
Sarah A
SA
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
D006454:Hemoglobins; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1