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Association of reading disabilities with regions marked by acetylated H3 histones in KIAA0319.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Mar 2010
Couto Jillian M, Livne-Bar Izzy, Huang Katherine, Xu Zhaodong, Cate-Carter Tasha, Feng Yu, Wigg Karen, Humphries Tom, Tannock Rosemary, Kerr Elizabeth N, Lovett Maureen W, Bremner Rod, Barr Cathy L
Abstract excerpt
Reading disabilities (RDs) have been associated with chromosome 6p with recent studies pointing to two genes, DCDC2 and KIAA0319. In this study, markers across the 6p region were tested for association with RD. Our strongest findings were for association with markers in KIAA0319, although with the opposite alleles compared with a previous study. We also found association with markers in VMP, but not with DCDC2....
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