[DOC] [TLE] High-altitude adaptation - Wikipedia [PAR] High-altitude adaptation is an evolutionary modification in animals, most notably 
in birds and ... Surprisingly, some 140 million people live permanently at high 
altitudes ... Genomic analysis of two ethnic groups, Amhara and Oromo, revealed 
that gene ... Variations in the globin genes ( and -globin) seem to be the basis 
for... [DOC] [TLE] 6.1 Introduction: the high-altitude environment - The Open University [PAR] Nevertheless, more than 22 million people live permanently at high altitude, ... 
altitude. Animal species have lived at high altitudes for much longer than humans
. In fact, fossils of pika have been found on the Tibetan plateau and dated at 
about ... Step 2  passage of oxygen from the air/water presented to the 
respiratory gas. [DOC] [TLE] Cardiopulmonary hemodynamics of blue-sheep, Pseudois nayaur ... [PAR] The blue-sheep, pika, and yak live in the Tibetan highlands at an altitude of 6,100 
... These animals have a long history of habitation at high-altitudes and are ... (
Vdot;O(2)) were significantly lower in the blue sheep compared with the pigs; (2)
... [DOC] [TLE] Heredity - Genomic insights into adaptation to high-altitude ... - Nature [PAR] Sep 21, 2011 ... Much of what is known about the genetic basis of high-altitude adaptation in ..... 
changes, and not to mutations that permanently affect gene regulation. .... pikas, 
yaks and several species of high-altitude sheep and goats (Di Rocco et al., ..... 
Causes of high blood O2 affinity of animals living at high altitude. [DOC] [TLE] Biomes facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] Within a biome or ecosystem, the sum of all living organisms is referred to as the 
... Biomes are differentiated most clearly, however, on the basis of their organic ... 
A biome constitutes a complex network of interactions among plants, animals, 
and ... weather, altitude, and dominant species, further characterize types of 
forests. [DOC] [TLE] Alveolar diffusion-perfusion interactions during high-altitude ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2007 ... In HA animals compared with corresponding IA or SL controls, lung volume ... the 
basis of structural adaptation, 2) adaptation in diffusing capacity and ..... Living 
and training in moderate hypoxia does not improve Vo2 max ... The carbon 
monoxide diffusing capacity in permanent residents at high altitudes. [DOC] [TLE] Influence of Snow, Food, and Rock Cover on Royle's Pika ... - BioOne [PAR] Pika count and its interannual variability at plots were estimated at 4.06Mean ... 
Alfred, J. R. B., Das, A. K., and Sanyal, A. K., 2006: Animals of India: Mammals. ... 
plant community dynamics in the high-altitude arid rangelands of Trans-Himalaya
. ... and social pattern of two Himalayan Pikas, Ochotona macrotis and O. roylei,... [DOC] [TLE] Full-Text PDF - MDPI.com [PAR] Aug 7, 2015 ... Research Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining ... family, 
is a hypoxia tolerant mammal living 30005000 m above sea level ... mechanism 
of LDH-C4 in skeletal muscle of plateau pika, we ... and about 6 million low land 
immigrants now live there permanently. ... The molecular basis. [DOC] [TLE] Ecological Impacts of Climate Change - NOAA's National Ocean ... [PAR] Fahrenheit since 1850, the starting point for a global network of ... Basis. 
Working Group 1 Contribution to the 4th Assessment. Report of the ... In particular
, two important types of ecological impacts of climate change ... 0 percent of wild 
plants and animals that have been studied over decades are relo- ... This 
example high-. [DOC] [TLE] Wildlife in alpine and sub-alpine habitats - University of British ... [PAR] constitute potential threats for alpine animals which are well ... permanent 
snowfields, rocky ridges, occasional wind- shaped trees and .... Table 2. Living 
And Breeding In High Elevation Environments: Constraints, .... marmots, pika and 
ptarmigan have territorial and ...... to alpine and sub-alpine areas on a daily basis 
and. [DOC] [TLE] Mitochondrial DNA response to high altitude: A

Question: The 2 mammals that live at the highest altitude on a permanent basis are the pika & this animal
Answer: Yak