Hypothesis-driven genome-wide association studies provide novel insights into genetics of reading disabilities

Abstract Reading Disability (RD) is often characterized by difficulties in the phonology of the language. While the molecular mechanisms underlying it are largely undetermined, loci are being revealed by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). In a previous GWAS for word reading (Price, 2020), we ob...

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Main Authors: Kaitlyn M. Price, Karen G. Wigg, Else Eising, Yu Feng, Kirsten Blokland, Margaret Wilkinson, Elizabeth N. Kerr, Sharon L. Guger, Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium, Simon E. Fisher, Maureen W. Lovett, Lisa J. Strug, Cathy L. Barr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-11-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02250-z