The integration of language pathologies, genetics, brain imaging, molecular embryology,
and sequential gene expression, by means of DNA/RNA/proteomics, is a remarkable open …

The rise of molecular genetics is having a pervasive influence in a wide variety of fields,
including research into neurodevelopmental disorders like dyslexia, speech and language …

Language is a defining characteristic of the human species, but its foundations remain
mysterious. Heritable disorders offer a gateway into biological underpinnings, as illustrated …

Childhood syndromes disturbing language development are common and display high
degrees of heritability. In most cases, the underlying genetic architecture is likely to be …

The rise of genomic technologies has yielded exciting new routes for studying the biological
foundations of language. Researchers have begun to identify genes implicated in …

The human capacity for acquiring speech and language must derive, at least in part, from
the genome. In 2001, a study described the first case of a gene, FOXP2, which is thought to …

It has been suspected for several decades that genetic factors contribute to speech and
language development/function, based primarily on indirect data from twin studies and …

The creative “reiterative” powers of human language and thought appear to have evolved
from brain mechanisms initially adapted for motor control. Humans can form a potentially …

Developmental disorders affecting speech and language are highly heritable, but very little
is currently understood about the neuromolecular mechanisms that underlie these traits …

The development of speech and languages has fascinated linguists, philosophers and
biologists down the ages, given the enormous role they have played in social and cultural …