Discover resources for information on Tibetan adaptation to high altitude (hypoxia) from the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University.
Center Co-Director, Cynthia Beall's research on Tibetan adaptation to high altitude hypoxia, was highlighted on the BBC TV science program Horizons "Are we still evolving?"
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Publications on Tibetan Adaptation to High Altitude Hypoxia
Cynthia M.Beall, Kijoung Song, Robert C. Elston, and Melvyn C. Goldstein
- Higher offspring survival among Tibetan women with high oxygen saturation genotypes residing at 4,000 m
PNAS published September 7, 2004, 10.1073/pnas.0405949101 (Anthropology-Social Sciences)
Cynthia M. Beall
- Tibetan and Andean Patterns of Adaptation to High-Altitude Hypoxia
[Human Biology. 72(1): 201-228, 2000.] - Ventilation and Hypoxic Ventilatory Response of Tibetan and Aymara High Altitude Natives
[American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 104: 427-447, 1997.] - Oxygen Saturation Increases During Childhood
[High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 1(1): 25-32, 2000.] - Pulmonary Nitric Oxide in Mountain Dwellers
[Nature. 414: 411-412, 2001.]
Cynthia M. Beall, Melvyn C. Goldstein, & The Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences
- Hemoglobin Concentration of Pastoral Nomads Permanently Resident at 4,850-5,450 Meters in Tibet
[AJPA. 73: 433-439, 1987. PMID: 3661681]
Cynthia M. Beall, Laura A. Almasy, John Blangero, Sarah Williams-Blangero, Gary M. Brittenham, Kingman P. Strohl, Michael J. Decker, Enrique Vargas, Mercedes Villena, Rudy Soria, Ana Maria Alarcon, & Cristina Gonzales
- Percent of Oxygen Saturation of Arterial Hemoglobin Among Bolivian Aymara
[AJPA. 108: 41-51, 1999.]
Cynthia M. Beall, A. Gebremedhint, Gary M. Brittenham & M. Shamebot
- Blood pressure variations among Ethiopianson the Simien Plateau
[Human Biology. 24(4): 333-342, 1997.]
Cynthia M. Beall, John Blangero, Sarah Williams-Blangero, & Melvyn C. Goldstein
- Major Gene for Percent Oxygen Saturation of Arterial Hemoglobin in Tibetan Highlanders
[AJPA. 95: 271-276, 1994.]
Cynthia M. Beall, Jeye Henry, Carol Worthman, & Melvyn C. Goldstein
- Basal Metabolic Rate and Dietary Seasonality Among Tibetan Nomads
[American Journal of Human Biology. 8: 361-370, 1996.]
Cynthia M. Beall, Kingman P. Strohl, John Blangero, Sarah Williams-Blangero, Michael J. Decker, Gary M. Brittenham, and Melvyn C. Goldstein
- Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Tibetan Highlanders
[Human Biology. 69(5): 597-604, 1997.] - Hemoglobin Concentration of High-Altitude Tibetans and Bolivian Aymara
[American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 106: 385-400, 1998.]
Melvyn C. Goldstein
- Tibetan Speaking Agro-Pastoralists of Limi: A Cultural Ecology Overview of High Altitude Adaptation in the Northwest Himalaya
[Objets Et Mondes. 14(4): 259-286, 1974.]
Melvyn C. Goldstein, Paljor Tsarong, Cynthia M. Beall
- High Altitude Hypoxia, Culture, and Human Fecundity/Fertility: A Comparative Study
[American Anthropologist, 85(1), 28-49, 1983.] - On Studying Fertility at High Altitude: A Rejoinder to Hoff.
[American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Jun., 1984), pp. 419-423]