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Study Finds Variations In One Gene May Be Associated With Edurance Running

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Description "A few minor variations in one gene may make a difference in athletic endurance." This press release describes the experimental design and findings from the published study "Interaction between SNPs in the NRF2 gene and elite endurance performance" by Nir Eynon, Alberto Jorge Alves, Moran Sagiv, Chen Yamin, Michael Sagiv, and Yoav Meckel in Physiological Genomics, March 2010.
Author APS Communications Office, American Physiological Society
Grade/Age Levels Undergraduate lower division (Grades 13-14)
Undergraduate upper Division (Grades 15-16)
Graduate
Professional (degree program)
Continuing Education
General Public
Informal Education
Type of Review Reviewed By Staff
Keywords Endurance training, Exercise, Gene expression
Language English
Disciplines Exercise & kinesiology, Genetics & heredity, Physiology
Format Web Page - HTM
Type of Resource Press release
Difficulty Level At grade/age level
Learning Time <=1 hour
Pedagogies Student-centered instruction, Teacher-centered/traditional instruction, Tutorial or self-directed instruction
Related Research Paper Physiological Genomics. 41:78-81, 2010. (Free Article)

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