[HTML][HTML] A novel locus and candidate gene for familial developmental dyslexia on chromosome 4q

T Grimm, M Garshasbi, L Puettmann… - Zeitschrift für Kinder …, 2020 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Objective: Developmental dyslexia is a highly heritable specific reading and writing
disability. To identify a possible new locus and candidate gene for this disability, we …

Genetic linkage analysis with dyslexia: evidence for linkage of spelling disability to chromosome 15

MM Nöthen, G Schulte-Koerne, T Grimm… - European child & …, 1999 - Springer
Dyslexia (reading and spelling disability) is one of the most frequently diagnosed disorders
in childhood. Twin studies of dyslexia have indicated that deficits in spelling are substantially …

A dominant gene for developmental dyslexia on chromosome 3

J Nopola-Hemmi, B Myllyluoma, T Haltia… - Journal of medical …, 2001 - jmg.bmj.com
Developmental dyslexia is a neurofunctional disorder characterised by an unexpected
difficulty in learning to read and write despite adequate intelligence, motivation, and …

Confirmation of dyslexia susceptibility loci on chromosomes 1p and 2p, but not 6p in a Dutch sib‐pair collection

CGF De Kovel, B Franke, FA Hol… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we attempted to confirm genetic linkage to developmental dyslexia and reading‐
related quantitative traits of loci that have been shown to be associated with dyslexia in …

Continuing the search for dyslexia genes on 6p

EL Grigorenko, FB Wood, L Golovyan… - American Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
According to the data published by US Department of Education [1999], about 30% of US
fourth-grade students read below their expected grade level. Moreover, the reading skills of …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Two translocations of chromosome 15q associated with dyslexia

J Nopola-Hemmi, M Taipale, T Haltia… - Journal of Medical …, 2000 - jmg.bmj.com
Developmental dyslexia is characterised by difficulties in learning to read. As reading is a
complex cognitive process, multiple genes are expected to contribute to the pathogenesis of …

Developmental dyslexia: genetic dissection of a complex cognitive trait

SE Fisher, JC DeFries - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2002 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia, a specific impairment of reading ability despite adequate
intelligence and educational opportunity, is one of the most frequent childhood disorders …

Confirmation of a dyslexia susceptibility locus on chromosome 1p34‐p36 in a set of 100 Canadian families

J Tzenova, BJ Kaplan, TL Petryshen… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Dyslexia is a common and genetically complex trait that manifests primarily as a reading
disability independent of general intelligence and educational opportunity. Strong evidence …

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 …