[HTML][HTML] Multivariate genome-wide covariance analyses of literacy, language and working memory skills reveal distinct etiologies

CY Shapland, E Verhoef, G Davey Smith… - npj Science of …, 2021 - nature.com
Several abilities outside literacy proper are associated with reading and spelling, both
phenotypically and genetically, though our knowledge of multivariate genomic covariance …

The Multivariate Genome-wide Architecture of Interrelated Literacy, Language and Working Memory Skills Reveals Distinct Etiologies

CY Shapland, E Verhoef, GD Smith, SE Fisher… - 2020 - europepmc.org
There is genetic overlap between many measures of literacy, language and phonological
working memory (PWM) though our knowledge of multivariate genetic architectures is …

The multivariate genetic architecture of literacy-, language-and working memory-related abilities as captured by genome-wide variation

CY Shapland, E Verhoef, GD Smith, SE Fisher… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
There is genetic overlap between many measures of literacy, language and phonological
working memory (PWM) though our knowledge of multivariate genetic architectures is …

Genetic and Demographic Predictors of Latent Reading Ability in Two Cohorts

HS Lancaster, V Dinu, J Li, JR Gruen… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Reading ability is a complex skill requiring multiple proficiencies (eg, phonological
awareness, decoding, and comprehension). Reading ability has genetic and environmental …

The association of dyslexia and developmental speech and language disorder candidate genes with reading and language abilities in adults

C Doust, SD Gordon, N Garden, SE Fisher… - Twin Research and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Reading and language abilities are critical for educational achievement and success in
adulthood. Variation in these traits is highly heritable, but the underlying genetic architecture …

Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading-and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people

E Eising, N Mirza-Schreiber… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The use of spoken and written language is a fundamental human capacity. Individual
differences in reading-and language-related skills are influenced by genetic variation, with …

Genome‐wide screening for DNA variants associated with reading and language traits

A Gialluisi, DF Newbury, EG Wilcutt… - Genes, Brain and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Reading and language abilities are heritable traits that are likely to share some genetic
influences with each other. To identify pleiotropic genetic variants affecting these traits, we …

Evaluation of results from genome‐wide studies of language and reading in a novel independent dataset

A Carrion‐Castillo, E van Bergen, A Vino… - Genes, Brain and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent genome‐wide association scans (GWAS) for reading and language abilities have
pin‐pointed promising new candidate loci. However, the potential contributions of these loci …

Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of quantitative reading skill and dyslexia improves gene discovery

HS Mountford, E Eising, P Fontanillas, A Auton… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
The ability to read is an important life skill and a major route to education. Individual
differences in reading ability are influenced by genetic variation, with a heritability of 0.66 for …

A genome‐wide association study for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts

M Luciano, DM Evans, NK Hansell… - Genes, Brain and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Candidate genes have been identified for both reading and language, but most of the
heritable variance in these traits remains unexplained. Here, we report a genome‐wide …