What makes a champion?. Explaining variation in human athletic performance

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 109-123

  Brutsaert, Tom D ^a   Parra, Esteban J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Developmental effects; Fetal programming; Gene and environment effects on sports peformance; Gene environment interaction; Genomics; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN GROWTH; BREAST CANCER; BREEDING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAPLOTYPE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXYGEN TENSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PLEIOTROPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REOXYGENATION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERTION; GENETICS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RESPIRATION; SPORTS;

EID: 33744477122     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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