Gene powered? Where to go from heritability (h2) in muscle strength and power?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 148-154

  Beunen, Gaston ^a   Thomis, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Explosive strength; Gene polymorphisms; Genotype phenotype association; Isometric strength; Linkage analysis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 5444227896     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200410000-00005     Document Type: Review

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