The human capacity to acquire sophisticated language is unmatched in the animal kingdom.
Despite the discontinuity in communicative abilities between humans and other primates …

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 …

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

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 …

That speech and language are innate capacities of the human brain has long been widely
accepted, but only recently has an entry point into the genetic basis of these remarkable …

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 …

Could a mutation in a single gene be the evolutionary lynchpin supporting the development
of human language? A rare mutation in the molecule known as FOXP2 discovered in a …

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

Disorders of speech and language are highly heritable, providing strong support for a
genetic basis. However, the underlying genetic architecture is complex, involving multiple …

Mutations in FOXP2, a member of the forkhead family of transcription factor genes, are the
only known cause of developmental speech and language disorders in humans. To date …