Nature versus nurture in determining athletic ability

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 11-27

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

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENES; GENETIC PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

EID: 72049099837     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000235694     Document Type: Article

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