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Genetic and environmental causes of tracking in explosive strength during adolescence.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2005
Peeters Maarten W, Thomis Martine A, Maes Hermine H M, Loos Ruth J F, Claessens Albrecht L, Vlietinck Robert, Beunen Gaston P
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PURPOSE: To determine whether the observed phenotypic stability in explosive strength during adolescence, as measured by inter-age correlations in vertical jump (VTJ), is mainly caused by genetic and/or environmental factors. METHODS: Subjects are from the Leuven Longitudinal Twin Study (LLTS) (n = 105 pairs, equally divided over five zygosity groups). VTJ data were aligned on age at peak height velocity (APHV)...
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