The genetics of specific reading disability

Joan M. Finucci · John T. Guthrie · ANNE L. CHILDS · Helen Abbey · Barton Childs

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Reading and Literacy Development Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology

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Members of the immediate families of twenty children with specific reading disability were examined to determine the prevalence of reading disability within the families. A procedure was developed for identifying adults who may have compensated for a disability manifested more clearly in childhood. Forty-five percent of 75 first-degree relatives of the parents were affected and there was a significantly greater number of affected male relatives than females. No single mode of genetic transmission is evident after inspection of the pedigrees. It is suggested that the disorder is genetically heterogeneous and that subgroups of disabled readers should be looked for.

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