Understanding the genetic architecture of athletic performance is an important step in the
development of methods for talent identification in sport. Research concerned with molecular …

Humans vary in their ability to achieve success in sports, and this variability mostly depends
on genetic factors. The main goal of this work was to review the current progress in the …

Despite numerous attempts to discover genetic variants associated with elite athletic
performance, injury predisposition, and elite/world-class athletic status, there has been limited …

The α-actinin-3 (ACTN3) gene encodes a Z-disc structural protein which is found only in fast
glycolytic muscle fibers. A common nonsense polymorphism in codon 577 of the ACTN3 …

Endurance performance is a complex phenotype subject to the influence of both environmental
and genetic factors. Although the last decade has seen a variety of specific genetic …

The general consensus among sport and exercise genetics researchers is that genetic tests
have no role to play in talent identification or the individualised prescription of training to …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) regulates genes responsible for skeletal
and heart muscle fatty acid oxidation. Previous studies have shown that the PPARα intron …

Background To date, studies investigating the association between ACTN3 R577X and ACE
I/D gene variants and elite sprint/power performance have been limited by small cohorts …

It is generally accepted that muscle fibre composition may influence physical performance.
The α‐actinin‐3 (ACTN3) gene R577X polymorphism is suspected to be one of the …

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 …