Shared genetic signals of hypoxia adaptation in Drosophila and in high-altitude human populations. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/11/06/molbev.msv248 …
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>40 mutations that appear to enable hypoxia tolerance to live in altitudes in Sherpas,Tibetans and Ethiopian highlanders also work for flies
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We're talking about convergent evolution to solve the same problem with an insect we diverged from 850 million years ago. Mindblowing.
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