Genetics of maximal walking speed and skeletal muscle characteristics in older women

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-334

  Tiainen, Kristina M ^a   Perola, Markus ^b,c   Kovanen, Vuokko M ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a   Tuononen, Katja A ^b   Rikalainen, Kaisa ^a   Kauppinen, Markku A ^a   Widen, Elisabeth I M ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Rantanen, Taina ^a   Kujala, Urho M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED; X CHROMOSOME;

AGED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WALKING;

EID: 45249104012     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.3.321     Document Type: Article

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