Figure 1.

Genes associated with elite athletic performance.

Notes: (A) ACE gene polymorphism. Researchers have investigated the presence or absence of a variant in intron 16 of chromosome 17 on the ACE gene. (B) ACTN3 gene polymorphism. The presence or absence of the variant R577X, on chromosome 11 in the ACTN3 gene, was studied in relation to the status of elite athletes. Data taken from Wilber RL et al, Scott RA, et al, Rankinen T, et al, Arden Nk, et al and Lippi G et al. 3,4,8,10,25

Abbreviations: ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; ACTN3, alpha-actinin-3; D, deletion; I, insertion.