Genomik für Sport

Sports performance is a combination of multiple factors: genetics, training, nutrition, motivation, advances in equipment, and other environmental factors. Up to 66% of the variance in athlete status is explained by genetic factors. Genetics has a great influence over components of athletic performance such as strength, power, endurance, muscle fiber size and composition, flexibility, neuromuscular coordination, temperament, and other phenotypes. Perhaps the first noticeable difference between athletes of different specialties is in body morphology (i.e., height and body composition), with specific body types naturally suited to specific sports. However, your genetic makeup runs deeper than what is visible to the eye, such as muscle fiber properties or injury sensitivity.