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In search of the perfect phenotype: an analysis of linkage and association studies of reading and reading-related processes.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 2011
Skiba Thomas, Landi Nicole, Wagner Richard, Grigorenko Elena L
Abstract excerpt
Reading ability and specific reading disability (SRD) are complex traits involving several cognitive processes and are shaped by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental forces. Linkage studies of these traits have identified several susceptibility loci. Association studies have gone further in detecting candidate genes that might underlie these signals. These results have been obtained in samples of...
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