Importance of mitochondrial haplotypes and maternal lineage in sprint performance among individuals of West African ancestry

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-223

  Deason, M ^a   Scott, R ^a   Irwin, L ^a   Macaulay, V ^a   Fuku, N ^b   Tanaka, M ^b   Irving, R ^c   Charlton, V ^c   Morrison, E ^d   Austin, K ^a   Pitsiladis, Y P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Case control study; Elite athletes; MtDNA haplogroups; Sprint athlete status

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; RUNNING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAMAICA; RUNNING;

EID: 84863283536     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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