Question

Scientific thinking: is there a genetic basis for adapting to life at high altitudes?

Answer 1

Answer:

There is no genetic basis for adaptation at high altitudes, but if different phenotypic manifestations, when an organism develops at high altitudes, the demands for oxygen are greater due to the partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere, compared to this, living organisms unleashed a transient or definitive polycythemia

Explanation:

Polycythemia means an increase in the number of red balloons, so that at lower partial pressures of oxygen a greater possibility of gas uptake

Answer 2

Answer:

It might represent an evolutionary strategy

Explanation:

Since higher latitudes are hostile environments, the competence for limited resources may be lower than in regions with optimal conditions, thereby it is also expected that adaptation to this type of condition represent an evolutionary strategy to increase the chances of survival