Genetics of developmental dyslexia

TS Scerri, G Schulte-Körne - European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2010 - Springer
Developmental dyslexia is a highly heritable disorder with a prevalence of at least 5% in
school-aged children. Linkage studies have identified numerous loci throughout the genome …

Neurogenetics of developmental dyslexia: from genes to behavior through brain neuroimaging and cognitive and sensorial mechanisms

S Mascheretti, A De Luca, V Trezzi, D Peruzzo… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a complex neurodevelopmental deficit characterized by
impaired reading acquisition, in spite of adequate neurological and sensorial conditions …

DYX1C1 is required for axonemal dynein assembly and ciliary motility

A Tarkar, NT Loges, CE Slagle, R Francis… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
DYX1C1 has been associated with dyslexia and neuronal migration in the developing
neocortex. Unexpectedly, we found that deleting exons 2–4 of Dyx1c1 in mice caused a …

Investigation of dyslexia and SLI risk variants in reading-and language-impaired subjects

DF Newbury, S Paracchini, TS Scerri, L Winchester… - Behavior genetics, 2011 - Springer
Dyslexia (or reading disability) and specific language impairment (or SLI) are common
childhood disorders that show considerable co-morbidity and diagnostic overlaps and have …

The Axon Guidance Receptor Gene ROBO1 Is a Candidate Gene for Developmental Dyslexia

K Hannula-Jouppi, N Kaminen-Ahola, M Taipale… - PLoS …, 2005 - journals.plos.org
Dyslexia, or specific reading disability, is the most common learning disorder with a
complex, partially genetic basis, but its biochemical mechanisms remain poorly understood …

Molecular genetics of dyslexia: an overview

A Carrion‐Castillo, B Franke, SE Fisher - Dyslexia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dyslexia is a highly heritable learning disorder with a complex underlying genetic
architecture. Over the past decade, researchers have pinpointed a number of candidate …

[HTML][HTML] DCDC2, KIAA0319 and CMIP are associated with reading-related traits

TS Scerri, AP Morris, LL Buckingham, DF Newbury… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several susceptibility genes have been proposed for dyslexia (reading
disability; RD) and specific language impairment (SLI). RD and SLI show comorbidity, but it …

Genetics of dyslexia: the evolving landscape

J Schumacher, P Hoffmann, C Schmäl… - Journal of medical …, 2007 - jmg.bmj.com
Dyslexia is among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, with a prevalence of 5–
12%. At the phenotypic level, various cognitive components that enable reading and …

A 77-kilobase region of chromosome 6p22. 2 is associated with dyslexia in families from the United Kingdom and from the United States

C Francks, S Paracchini, SD Smith… - The American Journal of …, 2004 - cell.com
Several quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence developmental dyslexia (reading
disability [RD]) have been mapped to chromosome regions by linkage analysis. The most …

The eloquent ape: genes, brains and the evolution of language

SE Fisher, GF Marcus - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2006 - nature.com
The human capacity to acquire complex language seems to be without parallel in the natural
world. The origins of this remarkable trait have long resisted adequate explanation, but …