Some of the ways Tibetans have evolved to stand living at such high altitudes revealed
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—A combined team of researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia and Wenzhou Medical University in China has identified some of the genes common to people living in Tibet that are different than people living in other areas. In their paper published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, the group describes the genetic differences they found and how some of are adapted for survival at such a high altitude.