The ACTN3 Gene and Human Performance

Genetic and Molecular Aspects of Sport Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 204-214

  Macarthur, Daniel G ^a,b   North, Kathryn N ^a,c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS); Case Control Association Studies in Elite Athletes; Cross sectional area (CSA); Cross Sectional Association Studies in Nonathlete Cohorts; Initial Studies: Support for an Effect on Sprint Power Performance; Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC); The ACTN3 Gene and Human Performance Structure and Function of Actinin 3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885522898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327335.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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