Heritability of treadmill running endurance in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 5 44-5, 1998, Pages

  Koch, Lauren Gerard ^a   Meredith, Todd A ^a   Fraker, Teigen D ^a   Metting, Patricia J ^a   Britton, Steven Loyal ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Exercise; Genetic models; Inbred strains; Polygenic trait

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0031736146     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.5.r1455     Document Type: Article

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