title: Model organism or animal sample from Gallus gallus:Tibetan chicken
organism: Gallus gallus
description: Tibetan chickens exhibit specific adaptations to high-altitude conditions compared with their lowland counterparts. To illustrate the genetic mechanisms of such adaptations in highland chickens, the genomes of four highland and four lowland chicken populations were resequenced.
attributes.tag: breed
attributes.value: Lhasa Tibetan chicken Nixi Tibetan chicken Linzhi Tibetan chicken Lhasa White Lindian chicken White leghom-D White leghom-E Chahua chicken
attributes.tag: age
attributes.value: 50 d
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: pooled male and female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: blood
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal