Table 1 Sampling information of five sheep populations (Ovis aries) for transcriptome analysis.

From: Comparative analysis of long noncoding RNA and mRNA expression provides insights into adaptation to hypoxia in Tibetan sheep

Populations

Population code

Sample size

Sex

Longitude and latitude

Sampling location

Altitude (m)

Liver sample ID

Lung sample ID

Awang sheep

AW

3

Male

N:30°35′709″

E:098°27′755″

Ngawang third village, Awang Town, Gongjue County, Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region

4452

L01

L16

L02

L17

L03

L18

Huoerba sheep

HB

3

Male

N:30°10′47″

E:083°10′09″

Zazi village, Horba township, Zhongba County, Shigatse prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region

4468

L04

L19

L05

L20

L06

L21

Ganjia sheep

GJ

3

Male

N:35°21′017″

E:102°30′009″

Renqing village, Ganjia Town, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous State, Gansu Province

3851

L10

L22

L11

L23

L12

L24

Qilian sheep

WT

3

Male

N:37°25′068″

E:099°00′905″

Awugeer village, Shengge Town, Qilian County, Delingha City, Mongolian Autonomous State, Qinghai Province

3620

L07

L25

L08

L26

L09

L27

Hu sheep

HS

3

Male

N:34°18′693″

E:117°57′763″

No. 169, Guzi village, Zhaodun town, Pizhou city, Jiangsu province

− 67

L13

L28

L14

L29

L15

L30

  1. The number of altitude only refers to the value in sampling location, more animal samples from the same area were used for physiological and biochemical analysis.