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Tibetan and Andean patterns of adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia.
Human biology - 1 Feb 2000
Beall C M
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the workings of the evolutionary process in contemporary humans requires linking the evolutionary history of traits with their current genetics and biology. Unusual environments provide natural experimental settings to investigate evolution and adaptation. The example of high-altitude hypoxia illustrates some of the progress and many of the remaining challenges for studies of evolution in...
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