Mice live where oxygen halves, and their survival strategy rewrites high-altitude playbooks
At elevations with less than half the oxygen of sea level, these mice rely on physiological adaptations that are unusually specific.

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At elevations with less than half the oxygen of sea level, these mice rely on physiological adaptations that are unusually specific.
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