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Tendon & ligament injury tendency

Tendon & ligament injury tendency is a genetic trait Biome reports in its fitness & performance panel: How your collagen (COL5A1) gene leans your tendons and ligaments toward soft-tissue injury.

Category
Fitness & performance
Markers
COL5A1 rs12722
Strength of evidence
Low

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

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