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Technological advances over the last two decades have placed
genetic research at the forefront of sport and exercise science. It
provides potential answers to some of contemporary sport and
exercise's defining issues and throws up some of the area's most
challenging ethical questions, but to date, it has rested on a
fragmented and disparate literature base. The Routledge Handbook of
Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics constitutes the most
authoritative and comprehensive reference in this critical area of
study, consolidating knowledge and providing a framework for
interpreting future research findings. Taking an approach which
covers single gene variations, through genomics, epigenetics, and
proteomics, to environmental and dietary influences on genetic
mechanisms, the book is divided into seven sections. It examines
state-of-the-art genetic methods, applies its approach to physical
activity, exercise endurance, muscle strength, and sports
performance, and discusses the ethical considerations associated
with genetic research in sport and exercise. Made up of
contributions from some of the world's leading sport and exercise
scientists and including chapters on important topical issues such
as gene doping, gender testing, predicting sport performance and
injury risk, and using genetic information to inform physical
activity and health debates, the handbook is a vital addition to
the sport and exercise literature. It is an important reference for
any upper-level student, researcher, or practitioner working in the
genetics of sport and exercise or exercise physiology, and crucial
reading for any social scientist interested in the ethics of sport.
Technological advances over the last two decades have placed
genetic research at the forefront of sport and exercise science. It
provides potential answers to some of contemporary sport and
exercise's defining issues and throws up some of the area's most
challenging ethical questions, but to date, it has rested on a
fragmented and disparate literature base. The Routledge Handbook of
Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics constitutes the most
authoritative and comprehensive reference in this critical area of
study, consolidating knowledge and providing a framework for
interpreting future research findings. Taking an approach which
covers single gene variations, through genomics, epigenetics, and
proteomics, to environmental and dietary influences on genetic
mechanisms, the book is divided into seven sections. It examines
state-of-the-art genetic methods, applies its approach to physical
activity, exercise endurance, muscle strength, and sports
performance, and discusses the ethical considerations associated
with genetic research in sport and exercise. Made up of
contributions from some of the world's leading sport and exercise
scientists and including chapters on important topical issues such
as gene doping, gender testing, predicting sport performance and
injury risk, and using genetic information to inform physical
activity and health debates, the handbook is a vital addition to
the sport and exercise literature. It is an important reference for
any upper-level student, researcher, or practitioner working in the
genetics of sport and exercise or exercise physiology, and crucial
reading for any social scientist interested in the ethics of sport.
This volume focuses on a group of diverse developmental processes
that have resisted incisive analysis when conventional genetic and
biochemical methodologies were employed. Relatively little is known
at the molecular level about these processes, but the contributors
have taken a firm stand by either presenting hypotheses or
suggesting new ways to approach research problems in their fields.
The authors describe new models and hypotheses for such complex
questions as: Embryos are biological clocks, but how do they keep
time? Oncogenes cause many tumors, even though they are, or are
related to, normal components of genomes. What is their normal
function? Morphogenesis is the acquisition or form by embryos, and
it is under strict genetic control. Nevertheless, no gene product
yet identified plays a direct role in these cellular movements. Why
has it not been found? Molecular Approaches to Supracellular
Phenomena will Interest students, scholars, and researchers in
developmental biology.
For five heart-churning days, the world turns its attention to tiny
Pridemore, Missouri, where rescue teams work around the clock to
free a mentally challenged man from a collapsed cave. That's how
Mayor Roe Tolliver envisions it, anyway. Weary of watching the town
he's led for more than forty years slide into economic oblivion,
the mayor hatches a devious and dangerous plan. Over the course of
a year, the mayor and his cronies carry out the convoluted scheme,
which involves everything from bilking state money for a bogus
tourist attraction to hiring a militia "ballistics consultant" to
detonate the limestone cavern. Their success hinges on unassuming
pawn Digby Willard, whose simple-minded likeability provides human
interest in the made-for-television crisis. Get ready for a
fast-paced romp filled with quirky characters, hilarious twists and
turns, and a small town that just might get its fifteen minutes of
fame.
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