title: Gene powered? Where to go from heritability (h2) in muscle strength and power?
abstract: The importance of genetic and environmental factors in muscular strength and power variation has been reported in the last two decades. However, there is a paucity of data on gender- and age-specific estimates of heritabilities. Linkage and association studies that aim to identify genes and gene variants for muscular strength are only emerging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport and Movement Sciences, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. gaston.beunen@faber.kuleuven.be
authors.forename: Gaston
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beunen
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomis
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D005192:Family Health; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D024510:Muscle Development / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010809:Physical Fitness; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics; D018433:Twin Studies as Topic