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Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads.
Cell - 19 Apr 2018
Ilardo Melissa A, Moltke Ida, Korneliussen Thorfinn S, Cheng Jade, Stern Aaron J, Racimo Fernando, de Barros Damgaard Peter, Sikora Martin, Seguin-Orlando Andaine, Rasmussen Simon, van den Munckhof Inge C L, Ter Horst Rob, Joosten Leo A B, Netea Mihai G, Salingkat Suhartini, Nielsen Rasmus, Willerslev Eske
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the physiology and genetics of human hypoxia tolerance has important medical implications, but this phenomenon has thus far only been investigated in high-altitude human populations. Another system, yet to be explored, is humans who engage in breath-hold diving. The indigenous Bajau people ("Sea Nomads") of Southeast Asia live a subsistence lifestyle based on breath-hold diving and are renowned for...
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