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SUBMITTER: Wang GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4231634 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Guo-Dong GD Fan Ruo-Xi RX Zhai Weiwei W Liu Fei F Wang Lu L Zhong Li L Wu Hong H Yang He-Chuan HC Wu Shi-Fang SF Zhu Chun-Ling CL Li Yan Y Gao Yun Y Ge Ri-Li RL Wu Chung-I CI Zhang Ya-Ping YP
Genome biology and evolution 20140801 8
The high-altitude hypoxic environment represents one of the most extreme challenges for mammals. Previous studies of humans on the Tibetan plateau and in the Andes Mountains have identified statistical signatures of selection in different sets of loci. Here, we first measured the hemoglobin levels in village dogs from Tibet and those from Chinese lowlands. We found that the hemoglobin levels are very similar between the two groups, suggesting that Tibetan dogs might share similar adaptive strate ...[more]