Genetic Signatures of Positive Selection in Human Populations Adapted to High Altitude in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG) hosts distinct environments mainly represented by the ecoregions of the Highlands and Lowlands that display increased altitude and a predominance of pathogens, respectively. Since its initial peopling approximately 50,000 years ago, inhabitants of these ecoregions might have d...

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Main Authors: González-Buenfil, R, Vieyra-Sánchez, S, Quinto-Cortés, CD, Oppenheimer, SJ, Pomat, W, Laman, M, Cervantes-Hernández, MC, Barberena-Jonas, C, Auckland, K, Allen, A, Allen, S, Phipps, ME, Huerta-Sanchez, E, Ioannidis, AG, Mentzer, AJ, Moreno-Estrada, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2024