Novel insight into the genetic signatures of altitude adaptation related body composition in Tibetans

• Main Authors: Xuguang Li (Author), Shilin Xu (Author), Xuemei Li (Author), Yuhe Wang (Author), Yemeng Sheng (Author), Hengxun Zhang (Author), Wei Yang (Author), Dongya Yuan (Author), Tianbo Jin (Author), Xue He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe Tibetan population residing in high-altitude (HA) regions has adapted to extreme hypoxic environments. However, there is limited understanding of the genetic basis of body compositions in Tibetan population adapted to HA.MethodsWe performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to ide...