Twin Studies in Sport Performance

Genetic and Molecular Aspects of Sport Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 101-109

  Beunen, Gaston P ^a   Peeters, Maarten W ^a,b   Malina, Robert M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic Performance; Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Methodological Considerations; Monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ); Motor Performance; Muscular Strength and Power; Related Somatic Phenotypes; Socioeconomic status (SES); Structural equation modeling (SEM); Twin Studies in Sport Performance Historical Note

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885497718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327335.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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