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Genetic testing in sports shows promise for identifying individuals with optimal physiology and training response, though translation to a champion's phenotype remains influenced by environmental factors.
While current scientific evidence on the relationship between genetics and sports looks promising, ethical and practical caveats remain, and further research is needed to determine the cost-effectiveness of genome-wide genotyping arrays.
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Ethical caveats advise against routine sports genetic testing; leaves open cost-effectiveness evaluation of genome-wide arrays.
Lippi et al. (2009) conducted a review in Sports performance and genetics. Genetics and genetic testing was evaluated. Genetic testing in sports shows promise for identifying individuals with optimal physiology and training response, though translation to a champion's phenotype remains influenced by environmental factors.
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