ReviewOpen access journal of sports medicine2014
Genetic aspects of athletic performance: the African runners phenomenon.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Genetics and athletic performance: a systematic SWOT analysis of non-systematic reviews.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Pooled it
- Do exercise-associated genes explain phenotypic variance in the three components of fitness? a systematic review & meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Genes and Elite Marathon Running Performance: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- Analysis of over 1 million race records shows runners from East African countries as the fastest in 50-km ultra-marathons.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A survey of contextual factors and psychological needs satisfaction as correlates of youth athletes' developmental outcomes in the Ethiopian sports academy context.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The Potential Role of Genetic Markers in Talent Identification and Athlete Assessment in Elite Sport.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- A Medal in the Olympics Runs in the Family: A Cohort Study of Performance Heritability in the Games History.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
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- Control of Body Weight by Eating Behavior in Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2015Review
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Abstract
The current dominance of African runners in long-distance running is an intriguing phenomenon that highlights the close relationship between genetics and physical performance. Many factors in the interesting interaction between genotype and phenotype (eg, high cardiorespiratory fitness, higher hemoglobin concentration, good metabolic efficiency, muscle fiber composition, enzyme profile, diet, altitude training, and psychological aspects) have been proposed in the attempt to explain the extraordinary success of these runners. Increasing evidence shows that genetics may be a determining factor in physical and athletic performance. But, could this also be true for African long-distance runners? Based on this question, this brief review proposed the role of genetic factors (mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid, the Y chromosome, and the angiotensin-converting enzyme and the alpha-actinin-3 genes) in the amazing athletic performance observed in African runners, especially the Kenyans and Ethiopians, despite their environmental constraints.
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