ABSTRACT
Chapter 13 summarized published work related to the heritability of endurance traits at baseline and in response to exercise training in animal models. This chapter will summarize published work that quantifies genetic contributions to endurance-related traits both in the intrinsic state (i.e., in the sedentary state at baseline) and following exercise training using traditional family and twin study approaches in humans. Please refer to Chapter 12 for a primer on the endurance phenotype.
