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SUBMITTER: Lind PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2987340 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lind Penelope A PA Luciano Michelle M Wright Margaret J MJ Montgomery Grant W GW Martin Nicholas G NG Bates Timothy C TC
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20100113 6
The 6p21-p22 chromosomal region has been identified as a developmental dyslexia locus both in linkage and association studies, the latter generating evidence for the doublecortin domain containing 2 (DCDC2) as a candidate gene at this locus (and also for KIAA0319). Here, we report an association between DCDC2 and reading and spelling ability in 522 families of adolescent twins unselected for reading impairment. Family-based association was conducted on 21 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) i ...[more]