A longitudinal cline characterizes the genetic structure of human populations in the Tibetan plateau.

Indigenous populations of the Tibetan plateau have attracted much attention for their good performance at extreme high altitude. Most genetic studies of Tibetan adaptations have used genetic variation data at the genome scale, while genetic inferences about their demography and population structure...

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Main Authors: Choongwon Jeong, Benjamin M Peter, Buddha Basnyat, Maniraj Neupane, Cynthia M Beall, Geoff Childs, Sienna R Craig, John Novembre, Anna Di Rienzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5407838?pdf=render