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MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 313-319Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2012.760558
Keywords
Mitochondrial DNA; variation; high altitude; adaptation
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- Frontier subject of basic medicine of the Third Military Medical University [2012XJQ08]
- 973 Project of China [2012CB518201]
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Mitochondria are the energy metabolism centers of the cell. More than 95% of cellular energy is produced by mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Hypoxia affects a wide range of energy generation and consumption processes in animals. The most important mechanisms limiting ATP consumption increase the efficiency of ATP production and accommodate the reduced production of ATP by the body. All of these mechanisms relate to changes in mitochondrial function. Mitochondrial function can be affected by variations in mitochondrial DNA, including polymorphisms, content changes, and deletions. These variations play an important role in acclimatization or adaptation to hypoxia. In this paper, the association between mitochondrial genome sequences and high-altitude adaptation is reviewed.
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