Analysis of the myoglobin gene in Tibetans living at high altitude.

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Myoglobin, a protein with an important role in muscle oxidative metabolism, is increased in high altitude residents. In the closely related hemoglobins, mutations cause or contribute to human disease. Furthermore, heme-containing proteins may be involved in oxygen sensing. We therefore tested the hypotheses that myoglobin allele frequencies differed in Tibetans, a long-resident human high-altitude population,...

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