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Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA

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  • Emilia Huerta-Sánchez

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    University of California
    School of Natural Sciences, University of California)

  • Xin Jin

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology)

  • Asan

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Binhai Genomics Institute, BGI-Tianjin, Tianjin 300308, China
    Tianjin Translational Genomics Center, BGI-Tianjin, Tianjin 300308, China)

  • Zhuoma Bianba

    (The People’s Hospital of Lhasa)

  • Benjamin M. Peter

    (University of California)

  • Nicolas Vinckenbosch

    (University of California)

  • Yu Liang

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Binhai Genomics Institute, BGI-Tianjin, Tianjin 300308, China
    Tianjin Translational Genomics Center, BGI-Tianjin, Tianjin 300308, China)

  • Xin Yi

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Binhai Genomics Institute, BGI-Tianjin, Tianjin 300308, China
    Tianjin Translational Genomics Center, BGI-Tianjin, Tianjin 300308, China)

  • Mingze He

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, Iowa State University)

  • Mehmet Somel

    (Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey)

  • Peixiang Ni

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Bo Wang

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Xiaohua Ou

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Huasang

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Jiangbai Luosang

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Zha Xi Ping Cuo

    (The Second People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region)

  • Kui Li

    (The People's Hospital of the Tibet Autonomous Region)

  • Guoyi Gao

    (The hospital of XiShuangBanNa Dai Nationalities, Autonomous Jinghong)

  • Ye Yin

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Wei Wang

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Xiuqing Zhang

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    The Guangdong Enterprise Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China
    Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Transomics Biotechnologies, BGI-Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China)

  • Xun Xu

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Huanming Yang

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Princess Al Jawhara Center of Excellence in the Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University
    James D. Watson Institute of Genome Science)

  • Yingrui Li

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Jian Wang

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    James D. Watson Institute of Genome Science)

  • Jun Wang

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Princess Al Jawhara Center of Excellence in the Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University
    University of Copenhagen, Ole MaaløesVej 5, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Macau University of Science and Technology, AvenidaWai long, Taipa, Macau 999078, China)

  • Rasmus Nielsen

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    University of California
    University of California
    University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Abstract

Admixture with other hominin species helped humans to adapt to high-altitude environments; the EPAS1 gene in Tibetan individuals has an unusual haplotype structure that probably resulted from introgression of DNA from Denisovan or Denisovan-related individuals into humans, and this haplotype is only found in Denisovans and Tibetans, and at low frequency among Han Chinese.

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  • Emilia Huerta-Sánchez & Xin Jin & Asan & Zhuoma Bianba & Benjamin M. Peter & Nicolas Vinckenbosch & Yu Liang & Xin Yi & Mingze He & Mehmet Somel & Peixiang Ni & Bo Wang & Xiaohua Ou & Huasang & Jiangb, 2014. "Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA," Nature, Nature, vol. 512(7513), pages 194-197, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:512:y:2014:i:7513:d:10.1038_nature13408
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13408
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