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Population History and Altitude-Related Adaptation in the Sherpa
The first ascent of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 brought global attention to the Sherpa people and human performance at altitude. The Sherpa inhabit the Khumbu Valley of Nepal, and are descendants of a population that has resided continuously on the Tibetan plateau...
Autores principales: | Bhandari, Sushil, Cavalleri, Gianpiero L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722185/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31555147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01116 |
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