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Common variation within the SETBP1 gene is associated with reading-related skills and patterns of functional neural activation.
Neuropsychologia - 1 Jul 2019
Perdue Meaghan V, Mascheretti Sara, Kornilov Sergey A, Jasińska Kaja K, Ryherd Kayleigh, Einar Mencl W, Frost Stephen J, Grigorenko Elena L, Pugh Kenneth R, Landi Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological population studies highlight the presence of substantial individual variability in reading skill, with approximately 5-10% of individuals characterized as having specific reading disability (SRD). Despite reported substantial heritability, typical for a complex trait, the specifics of the connections between reading and the genome are not understood. Recently, the SETBP1 gene has been implicated...
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