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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Diurnal preference and sports performance : a subjective and genetic view
Abstract
dc:description.abstract[T]he purpose of this study was to describe the distribution of morning- or evening-preferring individuals (measured using the Horne-Östberg morningness-eveningness personality questionnaire) and PER3 VNTR polymorphism (from genomic DNA products extracted from human buccal cell samples amplified and digested with NcoI) within male Caucasian, trained cyclists (CYC, n=138), Ironman triathletes (IM, n=301) and an active, but non-competitive control population of Caucasian males (CON, n=120). In addition, performance was assessed in trained cyclists strongly preferring mornings or evenings at various times of day.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Kunorozva, Lovemore
- Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
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- Roden, Laura
- Rae, Dale
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11263
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11263