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Dyslexia and DCDC2: normal variation in reading and spelling is associated with DCDC2 polymorphisms in an Australian population sample.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jun 2010
Lind Penelope A, Luciano Michelle, Wright Margaret J, Montgomery Grant W, Martin Nicholas G, Bates Timothy C
Abstract excerpt
The 6p21-p22 chromosomal region has been identified as a developmental dyslexia locus both in linkage and association studies, the latter generating evidence for the doublecortin domain containing 2 (DCDC2) as a candidate gene at this locus (and also for KIAA0319). Here, we report an association between DCDC2 and reading and spelling ability in 522 families of adolescent twins unselected for reading impairment....
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