ACTN3 and ACE genotypes in elite Jamaican and US sprinters

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Scott, Robert A ^a   Irving, Rachael ^b   Irwin, Laura ^a   Morrison, Errol ^c   Charlton, Vilma ^b   Austin, Krista ^d   Tladi, Dawn ^e   Deason, Michael ^a   Headley, Samuel A ^f   Kolkhorst, Fred W ^g   Yang, Nan ^h   North, Kathryn ^h   Pitsiladis, Yannis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

^d United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

^e GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^g SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

African; Athlete; Genetics; Power; Sprint

Indexed keywords

ACTININ; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHLETES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449137190     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ae2bc0     Document Type: Article

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