Their study showed that mice bred to enjoy running produce offspring that also like it, showing that the baby mice had inherited the trait of high activity.

这项研究表明，喜欢跑步的小鼠繁殖后代也喜欢跑步，这表明年幼的小鼠遗传了活动水平高的特征。

Professor Theodore Garland Jr, a biologist and lead author, said, "Our findings have implications for human health. Down the road people could be treated pharmacologically for low activity levels through drugs that targeted specific genes that promote activity.

论文主要作者、生物学教授小西奥多•加兰说：“我们的发现对人类健康有一定意义。今后，人们可以通过使用针对增进活跃度的特定基因的药物，治疗活动水平低的问题。

"Pharmacological interventions in the future could make it more pleasurable for people to engage in voluntary exercise, " said him , "Such interventions could also make it less comfortable for people to sit still for long periods of time."

他说：“未来可以通过药物干预，让人们更多感到运动是愉悦的，自觉进行锻炼。这种干预可能还会令人们感到久坐不动不再那么舒适。”