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Science background to Plan Strong and Plan Endurance.
This article is really interesting in how researchers working on Mt. Everest have found that the mitochondria and oxygen production of Sherpas is genetically different from normal populations. In short, there is a significant genetic differences in the way people produce oxygen, but there are training effects and evolutionary adaptation. Great story of a researchers who wanted to acknowledge the role of the Sherpas in Everest expeditions.
On Mount Everest, the world's highest lab is uncovering the secrets of extreme fitness | WIRED UK
"If it was all about the mitochondria, then what was it about certain mitochondria that made the difference? It would be great, they thought, if they could study some of those effective mitochondria, knowing what they now knew.
But whose mitochondria to study?"
- Sherpas
This article is really interesting in how researchers working on Mt. Everest have found that the mitochondria and oxygen production of Sherpas is genetically different from normal populations. In short, there is a significant genetic differences in the way people produce oxygen, but there are training effects and evolutionary adaptation. Great story of a researchers who wanted to acknowledge the role of the Sherpas in Everest expeditions.
On Mount Everest, the world's highest lab is uncovering the secrets of extreme fitness | WIRED UK
"If it was all about the mitochondria, then what was it about certain mitochondria that made the difference? It would be great, they thought, if they could study some of those effective mitochondria, knowing what they now knew.
But whose mitochondria to study?"
- Sherpas