Genetics and sport performance: current challenges and directions to the future

• Main Authors: João Paulo Limongi França GUILHERME (Author), Aline Cristina Capparelli TRITTO (Author), Kathryn Nance NORTH (Author), Antonio Herbert LANCHA JUNIOR (Author), Guilherme Giannini ARTIOLI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola de Educação Física e Esporte da Universidade de São Paulo (EEFEUSP), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In recent years there has been a great progress in molecular biology techniques, which has facilitated the researches on influence of genetics on human performance. There are specific regions of DNA that can vary between individuals. Such variations (i.e., polymorphisms) may, in part, explain why so...