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Genetic variants associated with physical and mental characteristics of the elite athletes in the Polish population.
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports - 1 Aug 2017
Peplonska B, Adamczyk J G, Siewierski M, Safranow K, Maruszak A, Sozanski H, Gajewski A K, Zekanowski C
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to assess whether selected genetic variants are associated with elite athlete performance in a group of 413 elite athletes and 451 sedentary controls. Polymorphisms in ACE, ACTN3, AGT, NRF-2, PGC1A, PPARG, and TFAM implicated in physical performance traits were analyzed. Additionally, polymorphisms in CHRNB3 and FAAH coding for proteins modulating activity of brain's emotion centers were...
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