Tibetan Mastiff Research

[Catia]

I am making an effort to compile TM research from legitimate sources.

There is just too much garbage & hype online that doesn't focus on important aspects of the breed, & finding actual research has been a huge chore, & I lost a bunch of the stuff I did find when my computer died, so am trying to "recompile"

Warning, I'm a research dork, so focusing on medical/technical/DNA type of stuff.

1st up:
Origin and phylogenetic analysis of Tibetan Mastiff based on the mitochondrial DNA sequence.

Origin and phylogenetic analysis of Tibetan... [J Genet Genomics. 2008] - PubMed - NCBI

 

[Catia]

Some others:

Science.gov : Main View : Search Results for Full Record: "tibetan mastiff"

 

[ruthcatrin]

Population variation revealed high altitude adaptation of Tibetan Mastiffs

Tibetan mastiffs equally adapted to high altitudes of Tibet -- ScienceDaily

These candidate genes have been shown to be involved in energy production critical to high-altitude survival under low oxygen conditions. Similar categories showing selective signatures have been observed in other high-altitude animals, suggesting that "independently, genes can be adaptively evolved to yield similar phenotypic adaptive responses," said Wu

 

[Catia]

^^^^

I almost just posted that last one you posted in feb from ScienceDaily just found it this week. hah! good stuff.

 

[Catia]

http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-GSND200806009.htm

 

[Hector]

http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-GSND200806009.htm

I can't access this article without making an account and I can't read or type Chinese lol.

 

[Catia]

hmm, I don't know why it is doing that to you-I do not have an account, & I can click on the link from multiple computers & get it all in English--
Anyone else having an issue with it or know how to fix it?

 

[Catia]

ugh--it's doing it to me also now!

 

[ruthcatrin]

I Get an English summery, but if I try to click on the PDF download that appears to be behind a paywall and in Chinese I think.