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Genetic variance in a component of the language acquisition device: ROBO1 polymorphisms associated with phonological buffer deficits.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 2011
Bates Timothy C, Luciano Michelle, Medland Sarah E, Montgomery Grant W, Wright Margaret J, Martin Nicholas G
Abstract excerpt
The region containing ROBO1 (Chromosome 3p12.3) has been implicated as a susceptibility gene for reading disorder and language deficit by translocation and linkage data. No association studies have yet been reported supporting any candidate gene. Here we report the first association of this gene with language deficits, specifically with phonological buffer deficits (a phenotype implicated in language acquisition,...
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