Genomewide scan identifies susceptibility locus for dyslexia on Xq27 in an extended Dutch family

CGF De Kovel, FA Hol, J Heister, J Willemen… - Journal of medical …, 2004 - jmg.bmj.com
Context: Dyslexia is a common disorder with a strong genetic component, but despite
significant research effort, the aetiology is still largely unknown. Objective: To identify loci …

A new gene (DYX3) for dyslexia is located on chromosome 2

T Fagerheim, P Raeymaekers, FE Tønnessen… - Journal of medical …, 1999 - jmg.bmj.com
Developmental dyslexia is a specific reading disability affecting children and adults who
otherwise possess normal intelligence, cognitive skills, and adequate schooling. Difficulties …

Mapping for dyslexia and related cognitive trait loci provides strong evidence for further risk genes on chromosome 6p21

IR König, J Schumacher, P Hoffmann… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In a genome‐wide linkage scan, we aimed at mapping risk loci for dyslexia in the German
population. Our sample comprised 1,030 individuals from 246 dyslexia families which were …

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 …

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 …

A genome scan for developmental dyslexia confirms linkage to chromosome 2p11 and suggests a new locus on 7q32

N Kaminen, K Hannula-Jouppi, M Kestilä… - Journal of medical …, 2003 - jmg.bmj.com
Developmental dyslexia is a distinct learning disability with unexpected difficulty in learning
to read despite adequate intelligence, education, and environment, and normal senses. The …

Genetic analysis of dyslexia candidate genes in the European cross-linguistic NeuroDys cohort

J Becker, D Czamara, TS Scerri, F Ramus… - European Journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Dyslexia is one of the most common childhood disorders with a prevalence of around 5–
10% in school-age children. Although an important genetic component is known to have a …

A locus on 15q15-15qter influences dyslexia: further support from a transmission/disequilibrium study in an Italian speaking population

C Marino, R Giorda, L Vanzin, M Nobile… - Journal of Medical …, 2004 - jmg.bmj.com
While the exact neurobiological mechanisms underlying this condition remain obscure, the
most convincing current aetiopathogenetic view of dyslexia is that impaired reading stems …

Supportive evidence for the DYX3 dyslexia susceptibility gene in Canadian families

TL Petryshen, BJ Kaplan, ML Hughes… - Journal of Medical …, 2002 - jmg.bmj.com
METHODS As described in detail elsewhere, 3, 4 our sample consists of 96 Canadian
families (877 subjects), each containing two or more sibs diagnosed with phonological …

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 …