HIF2A Variants Were Associated with Different Levels of High-Altitude Hypoxia among Native Tibetans

Zhuoma Basang; Boyang Wang; Lei Li; La Yang; Lan Liu; Chaoying Cui; Gongga Lanzi; Nima Yuzhen; Ji Duo; Hongxiang Zheng; Yi Wang; Shuhua Xu; Li Jin; Xiaofeng Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137956

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HIF2A Variants Were Associated with Different Levels of High-Altitude Hypoxia among Native Tibetans

Zhuoma Basang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuoma Basang, Boyang Wang

Affiliation Medical College of Tibet University, Tibet Autonomous Region 850002, China
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Boyang Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuoma Basang, Boyang Wang

Affiliation MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Lei Li,

Affiliation MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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La Yang,

Affiliation Medical College of Tibet University, Tibet Autonomous Region 850002, China
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Lan Liu,

Affiliation Medical College of Tibet University, Tibet Autonomous Region 850002, China
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Chaoying Cui,

Affiliation Medical College of Tibet University, Tibet Autonomous Region 850002, China
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Gongga Lanzi,

Affiliation Medical College of Tibet University, Tibet Autonomous Region 850002, China
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Nima Yuzhen,

Affiliation People's Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region 850000, China
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Ji Duo,

Affiliation Shigatse Center for Disease Control, Tibet Autonomous Region 857000, China
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Hongxiang Zheng,

Affiliation MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Yi Wang,

Affiliation MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Shuhua Xu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Li Jin ,

* E-mail: xiaofengautomatic@gmail.com (XW); or lijin.fudan@gmail.com (LJ)

Affiliation MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Xiaofeng Wang

* E-mail: xiaofengautomatic@gmail.com (XW); or lijin.fudan@gmail.com (LJ)

Affiliation MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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HIF2A Variants Were Associated with Different Levels of High-Altitude Hypoxia among Native Tibetans

Zhuoma Basang,
Boyang Wang,
Lei Li,
La Yang,
Lan Liu,
Chaoying Cui,
Gongga Lanzi,
Nima Yuzhen,
Ji Duo,
Hongxiang Zheng

Published: September 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137956

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