Targeted analysis of dyslexia-associated regions on chromosomes 6, 12 and 15 in large multigenerational cohorts
Nicola H. Chapman, Patrick A. Navas, Michael O. Dorschner, Michele G. Mehaffey, Karen G. Wigg, Kaitlyn M. Price, Oxana Yu. Naumova, Elizabeth Nellis Kerr, Sharon Guger, Maureen W. Lovett, Elena L. Grigorenko, Virginia Wise Berninger, Cathy L. Barr, Ellen M. Wijsman, Wendy H. Raskind
This study analyzes non-coding variants in five dyslexia candidate genes using targeted sequencing in large families, finding significant associations with reading and spelling traits but no large-effect coding variants.
PLoS ONE · May 27, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics