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Wang, Guan, Tanaka, Masashi, Eynon, Nir ORCID: 0000-0003-4046-8276, North, Kathryn N, Williams, Alun, Moran, Colin N ORCID: 0000-0001-6226-8131, Collins, Malcolm, Britton, Steven L, Fuku, Noriyuki, Ashley, Euan A, Klissouras, Vassilis, Lucia, Alejandro, Ahmetov, Ildus I, de Geus, Eco, Alsayrafi, Mohammed and Pitsiladis, Yannis P (2016) The Future of Genomic Research in Athletic Performance and Adaptation to Training. In: Genetics and Sport. Posthumus, M and Collins, M, eds. (2 ed.) Medicine and Sport Science, 61 . Karger, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 55-67.

Wang, Guan, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Wolfarth, Bernd, Fuku, Noriyuki, Lucia, Alejandro, Ahmetov, Ildus I, Cieszczyk, Pawel, Collins, Malcolm, Eynon, Nir ORCID: 0000-0003-4046-8276, Klissouras, Vassilis, Williams, Alun and Pitsiladis, Yannis P (2013) Genomics of elite sporting performance: what little we know and necessary advances. In: Advances in genetics. Friedmann, Theodore, Dunlap, Jay C and Goodwin, Stephen F, eds. Academic Press, Waltham, MA, pp. 123-149.