High Altitude Adaptation in Tibetan Mastiffs

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It seems to come from interbreeding with Tibetan wolves.

See:
http://scienmag.com/tibetan-mastiff...on-after-domestication-by-wolf-interbreeding/

"[FONT=&quot]Their new study demonstrates strong genetic evidence that, when man first settled into the Tibetan plateau, the recently domesticated Tibetan Mastiff interbred with the Tibet grey wolf, and a DNA swap being introduced at two genomic hotspots is the key to acquiring their special high altitude powers."

"[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Their new study demonstrates strong genetic evidence that, when man first settled into the Tibetan plateau, the recently domesticated Tibetan Mastiff interbred with the Tibet grey wolf, and a DNA swap being introduced at two genomic hotspots is the key to acquiring their special high altitude powers."[/FONT]
 

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