| Introduction: In Search of Sports Genes |
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1 Beat by an Underhand Girl |
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The Gene-Free Model of Expertise |
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1 | (17) |
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2 A Tale of Two High Jumpers |
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(Or: 10,000 Hours Plus or Minus 10,000 Hours) |
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18 | (20) |
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3 Major League Vision and the Greatest Child Athlete Sample Ever |
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The Hardware and Software Paradigm |
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38 | (18) |
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56 | (19) |
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5 The Talent of Trainability |
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75 | (25) |
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6 Superbaby, Bully Whippets, and the Trainability of Muscle |
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100 | (14) |
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7 The Big Bang of Body Types |
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114 | (14) |
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8 The Vitruvian NBA Player |
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128 | (14) |
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9 We Are All Black (Sort Of) |
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Race and Genetic Diversity |
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142 | (16) |
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10 The Warrior-Slave Theory of Jamaican Sprinting |
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158 | (17) |
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11 Malaria and Muscle Fibers |
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175 | (11) |
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12 Can Every Kalenjin Run? |
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186 | (18) |
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13 The World's Greatest Accidental (Altitudinous) Talent Sieve |
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204 | (19) |
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14 Sled Dogs, Ultrarunners, and Couch Potato Genes |
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223 | (19) |
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15 The Heartbreak Gene Death, Injury, and Pain on the Field |
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242 | (24) |
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16 The Gold Medal Mutation |
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266 | (16) |
| Epilogue The Perfect Athlete |
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282 | (9) |
| Acknowledgments |
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291 | (4) |
| Notes And Selected Citations |
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295 | (34) |
| Index |
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