Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA
Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA
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Huerta-Sánchez, Emilia , Jin, Xin , Asan , Bianba, Zhuoma , Peter, Benjamin M. , Vinckenbosch, Nicolas , Liang, Yu , Yi, Xin , He, Mingze , Somel, Mehmet , Ni, Peixiang , Wang, Bo , Ou, Xiaohua , Huasang , Luosang, Jiangbai , Cuo, Zha Xi Ping , Li, Kui , Gao, Guoyi , Yin, Ye , Wang, Wei , Zhang, Xiuqing , Xu, Xun , Yang, Huanming , Li, Yingrui , Wang, Jian , Wang, Jun and Nielsen, Rasmus
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Admixture with other hominin species helped humans to adapt to high-altitude environments; the
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gene in Tibetan individuals has an unusual haplotype structure that probably resulted from introgression of DNA from Denisovan or Denisovan-related individuals into humans, and this haplotype is only found in Denisovans and Tibetans, and at lo...
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Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA
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Jin, Xin
Asan
Bianba, Zhuoma
Peter, Benjamin M.
Vinckenbosch, Nicolas
Liang, Yu
Yi, Xin
He, Mingze
Somel, Mehmet
Ni, Peixiang
Wang, Bo
Ou, Xiaohua
Huasang
Luosang, Jiangbai
Cuo, Zha Xi Ping
Li, Kui
Gao, Guoyi
Yin, Ye
Wang, Wei
Zhang, Xiuqing
Xu, Xun
Yang, Huanming
Li, Yingrui
Wang, Jian
Wang, Jun
Nielsen, Rasmus
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1561134908
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1561134908
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature13408
