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Quantitative genome-wide association analyses of receptive language in the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study.
BMC neuroscience - 7 Jul 2020
Nudel Ron, Christiani Camilla A J, Ohland Jessica, Uddin Md Jamal, Hemager Nicoline, Ellersgaard Ditte, Spang Katrine S, Burton Birgitte K, Greve Aja N, Gantriis Ditte L, Bybjerg-Grauholm Jonas, Jepsen Jens Richardt M, Thorup Anne A E, Mors Ole, Werge Thomas, Nordentoft Merete
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the most basic human traits is language. Linguistic ability, and disability, have been shown to have a strong genetic component in family and twin studies, but molecular genetic studies of language phenotypes are scarce, relative to studies of other cognitive traits and neurodevelopmental phenotypes. Moreover, most genetic studies examining such phenotypes do not incorporate parent-of-origin...
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