Exome-wide analysis implicates rare protein-altering variants in human handedness

Abstract Handedness is a manifestation of brain hemispheric specialization. Left-handedness occurs at increased rates in neurodevelopmental disorders. Genome-wide association studies have identified common genetic effects on handedness or brain asymmetry, which mostly involve variants outside protei...

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Main Authors: Dick Schijven, Sourena Soheili-Nezhad, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46277-w