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Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian Aymara at 3,900-4,000 m.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jan 1999
Beall C M, Almasy L A, Blangero J, Williams-Blangero S, Brittenham G M, Strohl K P, Decker M J, Vargas E, Villena M, Soria R, Alarcon A M, Gonzales C
Abstract excerpt
A range of variation in percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin (SaO2) among healthy individuals at a given high altitude indicates differences in physiological hypoxemia despite uniform ambient hypoxic stress. In populations native to the Tibetan plateau, a significant portion of the variance is attributable to additive genetic factors, and there is a major gene influencing SaO2. To determine whether...
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