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Genome-wide linkage scan for athlete status in 700 British female DZ twin pairs.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Dec 2007
De Moor Marleen H M, Spector Tim D, Cherkas Lynn F, Falchi Mario, Hottenga Jouke Jan, Boomsma Dorret I, De Geus Eco J C
Abstract excerpt
Association studies, comparing elite athletes with sedentary controls, have reported a number of genes that may be related to athlete status. The present study reports the first genome wide linkage scan for athlete status. Subjects were 4488 adult female twins from the TwinsUK Adult Twin Registry (793 monozygotic [MZ] and 1000 dizygotic [DZ] complete twin pairs, and single twins). Athlete status was measured by...
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