Genetic variation in PTPN1 contributes to metabolic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan migratory locusts
Vertebrate adaptation to high-altitude life has been extensively investigated, while invertebrates are less well-studied. Here, the authors find signals of adaptive evolution in genomes of migratory locusts from the Tibetan Plateau, and implicate a PTPN1 coding mutation in their hypoxia response.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07529-8 |