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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: thedoc on 27/05/2010 09:23:17

Title: Have Tibetans evolved for life at high altitude?
Post by: thedoc on 27/05/2010 09:23:17

Researchers have discovered why Tibetans who have a taste for the high life are much better able to tolerate low oxygen conditions that you find at higher altitude and that’s compared with the lowland living counterparts.  But it turns out that they carry at least ten unique genes that enable them to do it.
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Title: Have Tibetans evolved for life at high altitude?
Post by: echochartruse on 22/05/2010 23:18:25

Do they really carry unique genes or has the epigenome unravelled/shuffled/ turned on genes that other societies don't require?