I interviewed Mrs. North who has studied Neuroscience and Muscles at the children's hospital in Sydney Australia. She is a reliable source because she is an A.M., M.D., F.R.A.C.P. , a Douglas Burrows Professor and
Associate Dean at CHW Clinical School . She also is apart of the faculty of medicine at the University of Sydney. I communicated with her over email.
Q: Does DNA or the conditions of living affect why certain races exceed better in specific sports?
A: Yes, Certain genes are more prominent in specific races that help them exceed in sports. For example the american swimmer has the ACE gene where in African runners the gene EPAS1 is more prominent. This shows that certain genes are found in differnet races depending on the sport they do.
Q: Why is it that these genes are different?
A: Some of this is because of the sport like the dominant allele depending on if the sport is aerobic or anerobic. Also, these differences are caused by the type of excercize done and region the athlete is from.
Q: What have you noticed between sprinters from different countries?
A: Well the gene ACTN3 has been found more in the muscles fibers of elite sprinters. But they are almost all the same in genetic makeup but differ graetly from distance athletes.
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