Chemical control of breathing in identical twin athletes.
Studies in identical twin athletes, using a wide range of methods of measuring chemical control of breathing, have demonstrated identity of ventilatory responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in such subjects. This suggests that, when the effect of a major environmental factor, physical activity, is removed, genetic factors predominate in determining the ventilatory responses to carbon dioxide and hypoxia.
D000293:Adolescent; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D010100:Oxygen; D011247:Pregnancy; D012119:Respiration; D013178:Sports Medicine; D014427:Twins; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen