Sports & Genetics: What’s the Relationship?
Did you know that approximately 66% of the variance in elite athletes is explained by genetic factors? Athletes are increasingly looking to the study of genetics to optimize their training planning. You may be wondering, what is the relationship between genes and sport, and what kind of knowledge can [...]
Types of diabetes
In our body there is a constant control of the amount of glucose available to our body (blood glucose). This process is known as glucose homeostasis in which two very important hormones secreted by the pancreas are involved: insulin and glucagon. When glucose levels drop too low our body […]
What is heritability?
We have written this short entry to provide an overview of the concept of heritability and the recent addition to the ADNTRO health report where we provide (1) “estimated heritability” or (2) “explained heritability”. The definition of heritability is “a statistical concept that describes how much of the variation in a given trait can be attributed to […]
Genetics of emotions
In this post you will discover if emotions are inherited, and what are the genes on which happiness depends.