Article
No Evidence of a Common DNA Variant Profile Specific to World Class Endurance Athletes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Rankinen Tuomo, Fuku Noriyuki, Wolfarth Bernd, Wang Guan, Sarzynski Mark A, Alexeev Dmitry G, Ahmetov Ildus I, Boulay Marcel R, Cieszczyk Pawel, Eynon Nir, Filipenko Maxim L, Garton Fleur C, Generozov Edward V, Govorun Vadim M, Houweling Peter J, Kawahara Takashi, Kostryukova Elena S, Kulemin Nickolay A, Larin Andrey K, Maciejewska-Karłowska Agnieszka, Miyachi Motohiko, Muniesa Carlos A, Murakami Haruka, Ospanova Elena A, Padmanabhan Sandosh, Pavlenko Alexander V, Pyankova Olga N, Santiago Catalina, Sawczuk Marek, Scott Robert A, Uyba Vladimir V, Yvert Thomas, Perusse Louis, Ghosh Sujoy, Rauramaa Rainer, North Kathryn N, Lucia Alejandro, Pitsiladis Yannis, Bouchard Claude
Abstract excerpt
There are strong genetic components to cardiorespiratory fitness and its response to exercise training. It would be useful to understand the differences in the genomic profile of highly trained endurance athletes of world class caliber and sedentary controls. An international consortium (GAMES) was established in order to compare elite endurance athletes and ethnicity-matched controls in a case-control study...
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