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Genomics of elite sporting performance: what little we know and necessary advances.
Advances in genetics - 1 Jan 2013
Wang Guan, Padmanabhan Sandosh, Wolfarth Bernd, Fuku Noriyuki, Lucia Alejandro, Ahmetov Ildus I, Cieszczyk Pawel, Collins Malcolm, Eynon Nir, Klissouras Vassilis, Williams Alun, Pitsiladis Yannis
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Numerous reports of genetic associations with performance- and injury-related phenotypes have been published over the past three decades; these studies have employed primarily the candidate gene approach to identify genes that associate with elite performance or with variation in performance-and/or injury-related traits. Although generally with small effect sizes and heavily prone to type I statistic error, the...
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