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Generalist genes and learning disabilities: a multivariate genetic analysis of low performance in reading, mathematics, language and general cognitive ability in a sample of 8000 12-year-old twins.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Oct 2009
Haworth Claire M A, Kovas Yulia, Harlaar Nicole, Hayiou-Thomas Marianna E, Petrill Stephen A, Dale Philip S, Plomin Robert
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BACKGROUND: Our previous investigation found that the same genes influence poor reading and mathematics performance in 10-year-olds. Here we assess whether this finding extends to language and general cognitive disabilities, as well as replicating the earlier finding for reading and mathematics in an older and larger sample. METHODS: Using a representative sample of 4000 pairs of 12-year-old twins from the UK...
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