The running genes are definitely in the female side of the family. Using a male family member is not a good counter example, besides Dejene is not a bad runner.
The running genes are definitely in the female side of the family. Using a male family member is not a good counter example, besides Dejene is not a bad runner.
Mitochondrial characteristics are inherited from the mother, so the girls children will be quicker on average then the brother, but all siblings mito characteristics should be roughly the same within heritability confines.
Environmental stimulus and epigenetics play a large part as well, and the Dibaba sisters that didn't train in their youth/teens may have limitations or take longer to train up.
Might agree if there was such a thing as a "running gene", but there isn't.
Mr. Fact wrote:Might agree if there was such a thing as a "running gene", but there isn't.
I'm trying to understand what you said:
There is no such thing as a "running gene", but a person with a right combination of genes can become a world class runner?
Mr. Fact wrote:
Might agree if there was such a thing as a "running gene", but there isn't.
Correct. There is actually three of them.
It's just a figure of speech. There is no such thing as a running gene. One may have genes that work in combination to contribute to efficient running, but you could say the same of digesting. Is there an eating gene? No, of course not. Nor is there a running gene.
Gary Oldman wrote:
Mr. Fact wrote:Might agree if there was such a thing as a "running gene", but there isn't.
Correct. There is actually three of them.
There is actually no such thing. If you understood what genes are you would know this.
Mr. Fact wrote:
One may have genes that work in combination to contribute to efficient running.
There it is.There it is.
Now apply the figure of speech to that and you've got it.
Not sure why you referenced an eating gene when you were talking about digestion......
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So her name is Anna Dibaba. Interesting. Considering that her sisters have very Ethiopian names, is Anna really all that common a name in Ethiopia?
Take a look at the flip side of the coin: "Meet my 5 daughters: Anna, Kayla, Christina, Genzebe, and Heidi." Lol.
I have nothing against the name, and for all I know Anna is short for something. Regardless, I found her name amusingly out-of-place, ostensibly. Did anyone else get a chuckle out of that?
I am not sure if they call her Anna ........but we have a similar name very common in Ethiopia - which is Hanna .
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On a side note it appears Genzebe will not pursue the 1500 next year. Kind of a disappointment, I always felt that was her best event. She seems to be leaving it behind before realizing her full potential. I felt she was the best shot at breaking that phony Chinese record.
This aged well.
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