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 …

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 …

Written and verbal languages are neurobehavioral traits vital to the development of
communication skills. Unfortunately, disorders involving these traits—specifically reading …

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 …

Reading disabilities (RD) are the most common neurocognitive disorder, affecting 5% to
17% of children in North America. These children often have comorbid neurodevelopmental …

Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a learning disorder affecting the ability to read, with a
heritability of 40–60%. A notable part of this heritability remains unexplained, and large …

Reading and writing are crucial life skills but roughly one in ten children are affected by
dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up …

Recent advances have been made in the genetics of two human communication skills:
speaking and reading. Mutations of the FOXP2 gene cause a severe form of language …

Developmental dyslexia (DD) is one of the most prevalent learning disorders, with high
impact on school and psychosocial development and high comorbidity with conditions like …

BACKGROUND: Several susceptibility genes have been proposed for dyslexia (reading
disability; RD) and specific language impairment (SLI). RD and SLI show comorbidity, but it …