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Disappearing Sheep: The Unexpected Consequences of the Emergence of the Caterpillar Fungus Economy in Golok, Qinghai, China [PDF]

, 2011
In 1999 China launched its Open Up the West campaign which was designed to change the economic face of the country’s Western regions. Left behind in the economic progress the country’s East had made since Deng Xiaoping’s reforms the West was defined in ...
Sulek, Emilia
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Fading Colors of the Tibetan Prayer Flag [PDF]

, 2017
2014 was a Horse Year. Such a year, occurring every twelve years in Tibetan calendar, is considered the best time for a pilgrimage, particularly to sacred mountains. In the region of Golok, the most prominent of them is Amnye Machen (A myes rma chen). It
Sulek, Emilia Roza
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Transformation Processes In Nomadic Pastoralism In Ladakh [PDF]

, 2013
Transformation Processes In Nomadic Pastoralism In Ladakh Today, Ladakh, a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India, is home to only 1,200 nomadic pastoralists, representing less than 0,5 per cent of the total population.
Dollfus, Pascale
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Genetic analysis of cold tolerance and high-altitude adaptation in Gannan indigenous Tibetan sheep through genome-wide scans

BMC Genomics
Background Understanding the genetic basis of adaptation to extreme environments is crucial in evolutionary biology. Gannan Tibetan sheep, which thrive in high altitudes with thin air and cold climates, demonstrate remarkable resilience.
Chenxiao Lv, Lili Chen, Pan Zou, Yan Chen, Yi Ma   +4 more
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Multi-omics revealed rumen microbiota metabolism and host immune regulation in Tibetan sheep of different ages

Frontiers in Microbiology
The rumen microbiota and metabolites play an important role in energy metabolism and immune regulation of the host. However, the regulatory mechanism of rumen microbiota and metabolite interactions with host on Tibetan sheep’s plateau adaptability is ...
Yuzhu Sha, Xiu Liu, Yanyu He, Shengguo Zhao, Jiang Hu, Jiqing Wang, Wenhao Li, Pengyang Shao, Fanxiong Wang, Xiaowei Chen, Wenxin Yang, Zhuanhui Xie   +11 more
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Multi-omics insights into key microorganisms and metabolites in Tibetan sheep’s high-altitude adaptation

Frontiers in Microbiology
Tibetan sheep gastrointestinal microbial communities and metabolites showed adaptive differences with altitude, but we do not know which flora or metabolites may play an important role in acclimatization to the altitude environment.
Jing Wang, Jing Wang, Jing Wang, Jianbin Liu, Jianbin Liu, Tingting Guo, Tingting Guo, Chen Zheng, Fan Wang, Ting Liu, Chao Yuan, Chao Yuan, Zengkui Lu, Zengkui Lu   +13 more
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Additional file 4: of Rumen methanogen and protozoal communities of Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep grazing on the Qinghaiâ Tibetan Plateau, China

, 2018
Table S3. Genera of protozoa in the ciliate protozoan population of the Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep rumen. (PDF 16â kb)
Jinqiang Huang, Yongjuan Li
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Additional file 1: of Rumen methanogen and protozoal communities of Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep grazing on the Qinghaiâ Tibetan Plateau, China

, 2018
Table S1. Similarity values of rumen methanogens from Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. (PDF 65â kb)
Jinqiang Huang, Yongjuan Li
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Expression and Variations in EPO Associated with Oxygen Metabolism in Tibetan Sheep

Animals
After a long period of adaptive evolution, Tibetan sheep have adapted to the plateau environment in terms of genetics, physiology and biochemistry, but the mechanism of hypoxia adaptation has not been fully elucidated, and the functional genes and ...
Yue Ren, Qiming Xi, Zhaohua He, Hongxian Sun, Shaobin Li   +4 more
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Additional file 2: of Rumen methanogen and protozoal communities of Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep grazing on the Qinghaiâ Tibetan Plateau, China

, 2018
Figure S1. Rarefaction curves generated for OTUs of 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene clones. The TM and GM stand for Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep rumen methanogen 16S rRNA gene libraries, respectively. The TP and GP stand for Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep rumen protozoal 18S rRNA gene libraries, respectively. (PDF 21â kb)
Jinqiang Huang, Yongjuan Li
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