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Genetic variability in forced and voluntary endurance exercise performance in seven inbred mouse strains.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Jun 2002
Lerman Imanuel, Harrison Brooke C, Freeman Kalev, Hewett Timothy E, Allen David L, Robbins Jeffrey, Leinwand Leslie A
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The goal of this study was to characterize the genetic contribution to both forced and voluntary exercise performance and to determine whether performance in these two paradigms is controlled by similar genetic influences. There were marked strain differences in treadmill exercise performance, with Swiss Webster (SW) and FVB/NJ mice showing elevated performance and C57BL/6J animals showing decreased performance...
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