High altitude adaptation in Daghestani populations from the Caucasus

High altitude adaptation in Daghestani populations from the Caucasus

We have surveyed 15 high-altitude adaptation candidate genes for signals of positive selection in North Caucasian highlanders using targeted re-sequencing. A total of 49 unrelated Daghestani from three ethnic groups (Avars, Kubachians, and Laks) living in ancient villages located at around 2,000 m a...

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Main Authors: Pagani, Luca, Ayub, Qasim, MacArthur, Daniel G., Xue, Yali, Baillie, J. Kenneth, Chen, Yuan, Kozarewa, Iwanka, Turner, Daniel J., Tofanelli, Sergio, Bulayeva, Kazima, Kidd, Kenneth, Paoli, Giorgio, Tyler-Smith, Chris
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312735/

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