Sentences with phrase «besides high altitude»
What the other four gene variants do is less clear, but they could be an evolutionary response to selective pressures besides high altitude.
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Besides outstanding members of the scientific association that gathers as the Mummy Congress, Pringle limns the many varieties of mummies, from the world's oldest, preserved by the high - altitude climate of the Andes, to modern Communist dictators, self - mummifying Buddhists, and the subjects of extreme cosmetic surgery.
Situated beside the Thredbo River at an altitude of 1370m, Thredbo is the closest resort to Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain.