Table 1 Some key milestones in genomics, genetics, and exercise biology
From: Why nature prevails over nurture in the making of the elite athlete
1971 | Vassilis Klissouras/Twin Studies of \( \overset{\cdotp }{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_2\max \) [17] |
1984 | Claude Bouchard/Twin Studies of trainability of \( \overset{\cdotp }{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_2\max \) [43] |
1999 | Claude Bouchard/Heritage Family Study [44] |
2000 | Hugh Montgomery/Candidate Gene Approach – ACE [49] |
2001 | The Human Genome Project - Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome (http://web.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/index.shtml) |
2003 | The ENCODE Project – large public research consortium aimed at identifying all functional elements in the human genome sequence (www.encodeproject.org) |
2003 | Kathy North/ACTN3 Speed Gene [50] |
2007 | Yannis Pitsiladis/Genetics of East African Runners [45] |
2008 | The 1000 Genomes Project – the largest public catalogue containing human variation and genotype data (www.internationalgenome.org) |
2016 | GAMES/The first GWAS of athletic performance [52] |
2016 | The Athlome Project – call for international collaborated efforts in genetic discovery for elite human performance, muscle injury prevention and adaptive training [53] |