Driven to Be Inactive?—The Genetics of Physical Activity

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 94, Issue C, 2010, Pages 271-290

  Moore Harrison, Trudy ^a   Lightfoot, J Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INHERITANCE; LONGEVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LONGEVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 79960967117     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: 18780814     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375003-7.00010-8     Document Type: Chapter

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