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Tibetans' Genetic Adaptation to High Altitudes

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Tibetans' Genetic Adaptation to High Altitudes

image: 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." view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Jing Wang


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