The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude

Qiu, Qiang; Zhang, Guojie; Ma, Tao; Qian, Wubin; Wang, Junyi; Ye, Zhiqiang; Cao, Changchang; Hu, Quanjun; Kim, Jaebum; M. Larkin, Denis; Auvil, Loretta; Capitanu, Boris; Ma, Jian; A. Lewin, Harris; Qian, Xiaoju; Lang, Yongshan; Zhou, Ran; Wang, Lizhong; Wang, Kun; Xia, Jinquan; Liao, Sheng-Guang; Pan, Shengkai; Lu, Xu; Hou, Haolong; Wang, Yan; Zang, Xuetao; Yin, Ye; Ma, Hui; Zhang, Jian; Wang, Zhaofeng; Zhang, Yingmei; Zhang, Dawei; Yonezawa, Takahiro; Hasegawa, Masami; Zhong, Yang; Liu, Wenbin; Zhang, Yan; Huang, Zhiyong; Zhang, Shengxiang; Long, Ruijun; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; A. Lenstra, Johannes; Cooper, D.N.; Wu, Yi; Wang, Jun; Shi, Peng; Wang, Jian; Liu, Jianquan

doi:10.1038/ng.2343

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The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude

Published in Nature Genetics • Jul 1, 2012

Authors:

Qiang Qiu

Guojie Zhang

Tao Ma

Abstract

Domestic yaks (Bos grunniens) provide meat and other necessities for Tibetans living at high altitude on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and in adjacent regions. Comparison between yak and the closely related low-altitude cattle (Bos taurus) is informative in studying animal adaptation to high altitude....

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Biology

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YAK

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