The champions' mitochondria: Is it genetically determined? A review on mitochondrial DNA and elite athletic performance

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 789-798

  Eynon, Nir ^a   Morán, María ^b   Birk, Ruth ^a   Lucia, Alejandro ^c  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elite athletes; Exercise; Genes; Genetics; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOGENESIS; CELL LINEAGE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 79960366581     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00029.2011     Document Type: Review

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