Tibetans living at sea level have a hyporesponsive hypoxia-inducible factor system and blunted physiological responses to hypoxia.
Tibetan natives have lived on the Tibetan plateau (altitude ∼ 4,000 m) for at least 25,000 years, and as such they are adapted to life and reproduction in a hypoxic environment. Recent studies have identified two genetic loci, EGLN1 and EPAS1, that have undergone natural selection in Tibetans, and f...
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Materyal Türü: | Journal article |
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American Physiological Society
2014
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