Tibetans' Genetic Adaptation to High Altitudes (IMAGE)

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Tibetans' Genetic Adaptation to High Altitudes

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This is a Zhumulangma peak climber. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 2, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. X. Yi at BGI-Shenzhen in Shenzhen, China, and the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China, and colleagues, is titled, "Sequencing of Fifty Human Exomes Reveals Adaptation to High Altitude."

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