Research has found that two genes, known as the ACTN3 gene and the ACE gene, heavily influence which muscle fibers we have more of. The ACTN3 gene helps create a protein that is found in fast ...
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Does your genetics make you run faster? What’s the speed gene?Certain genes could give you an edge and a ‘leg up’, so to speak. Scientists uncovered a speed gene, or ACTN3, that encodes for the protein alpha-actinin-3, which is a protein that’s only ...
The test looks at the actinin alpha 3 gene (ACTN3). In a 2003 study all of the sprint athletes assessed had at least one copy of the R allele and 50% of them had two copies, suggesting that people ...
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