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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Reading Ability Show Connection to Socio-Economic Outcomes.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2017
Luciano Michelle, Hagenaars Saskia P, Cox Simon R, Hill William David, Davies Gail, Harris Sarah E, Deary Ian J, Evans David M, Martin Nicholas G, Wright Margaret J, Bates Timothy C
Abstract excerpt
Impairments in reading and in language have negative consequences on life outcomes, but it is not known to what extent genetic effects influence this association. We constructed polygenic scores for difficulties with language and learning to read from genome-wide data in ~6,600 children, adolescents and young adults, and tested their association with health, socioeconomic outcomes and brain structure measures...
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