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Linkage studies suggest a possible locus for developmental dyslexia on chromosome 1p.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Jan 2001
Grigorenko E L, Wood F B, Meyer M S, Pauls J E, Hart L A, Pauls D L
Abstract excerpt
Eight extended dyslexic families with at least four affected individuals were genotyped with twelve genetic markers spanning the Rh (rhesus factor) locus. Eleven of these markers were located on the short arm and the other was on the long arm of chromosome 1. Five theoretically derived phenotypes were used in the linkage analyses: 1) phonemic awareness; 2) phonological decoding; 3) rapid automatized naming; 4)...
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