Genome-wide analysis of cold adaptation in indigenous Siberian populations.

Following the dispersal out of Africa, where hominins evolved in warm environments for millions of years, our species has colonised different climate zones of the world, including high latitudes and cold environments. The extent to which human habitation in (sub-)Arctic regions has been enabled by c...

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Main Authors: Alexia Cardona, Luca Pagani, Tiago Antao, Daniel J Lawson, Christina A Eichstaedt, Bryndis Yngvadottir, Ma Than Than Shwe, Joseph Wee, Irene Gallego Romero, Srilakshmi Raj, Mait Metspalu, Richard Villems, Eske Willerslev, Chris Tyler-Smith, Boris A Malyarchuk, Miroslava V Derenko, Toomas Kivisild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4029955?pdf=render