Jay Storz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (IMAGE)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jay Storz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Jay Storz stands on the Tibetan Plateau, more than 15,000 feet above sea level. Storz and his colleagues have shown that many high-altitude bird species underwent different mutations to develop the same adaptation: hemoglobin better at capturing and distributing scarce oxygen.

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