… genetic influences on spelling were also found when concordance rates for spelling
disability … Only for spelling disability were there clear indications of genetic effects shown by …

… In the past 20 years, increasingly powerful genetic technologies and … for genes involved
in this complex heterogeneous disorder. This article reviews studies addressing the genetic …

… linkage analysis with dyslexia: evidence for linkage of spelling disability to chromosome
15, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 8(suppl 3), 56–59. Olson, RK & Byrne, B. (2005) …

… Genetic linkage analysis has identified regions of the genome that might harbour inherited
variants that cause reading disability. … of genetic influences on reading and spelling disability. …

… used to estimate the genetic correlation for spelling disability and hyperactivity. A … spelling
is a good candidate for a marker measure of specific learning disability with a genetic basis…

… The importance of genetic influences on cognitive disability has … disability with polygenic
origins, such as dyslexia and autism. However, the genetic basis of mild intellectual disability …

… disabilities – dysgraphia (impaired handwriting), dyslexia (impaired word decoding and
spelling), … Our research team explored the genetic basis of SSD using a motor sequencing deficit …

… They found no convincing evidence for linkage of spelling disability to markers on
chromosome 6. A maximum multipoint lod score of k0n64 was observed between D6S1570 and …

… the hypothesis that the cause or causes of spelling disability may differ in males and females.
When equation 2 was fitted separately to spelling data from male and female twin pairs in …

… Although phonological awareness and spelling disability are also moderately correlated (r=.…
However, if the gene residing on chromosome 6 has only a minor effect on spelling disability…