Gender-specific regional changes in genetic structure of muscularity in early adolescence

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1802-1810

  Loos, R ^a   Thomis, M ^a   Maes, H H ^b   Beunen, G ^a   Claessens, A L ^a   Derom, C ^a   Legius, E ^a   Derom, R ^a   Vlietinck, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and age effects; Genetic model fitting; Skeletal muscle circumferences; Twins; Univariate and multivariate genetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0031011464     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.6.1802     Document Type: Article

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