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TITLE
Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia.
ABSTRACT
Reading and writing are crucial life skills but roughly one in ten children are affected by dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up to 70%, yet few convincing genetic markers have been found. Here we performed a genome-wide association study of 51,800 adults self-reporting a dyslexia diagnosis and 1,087,070 controls and identified 42 independent genome-wide significant loci: 15 in genes linked to cognitive ability/educational attainment, and 27 new and potentially more specific to dyslexia. We validated 23 loci (13 new) in independent cohorts of Chinese and European ancestry. Genetic etiology of dyslexia was similar between sexes, and genetic covariance with many traits was found, including ambidexterity, but not neuroanatomical measures of language-related circuitry. Dyslexia polygenic scores explained up to 6% of variance in reading traits, and might in future contribute to earlier identification and remediation of dyslexia.
© 2022. The Author(s).
DATE PUBLISHED
2022 Nov
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2021/08/28
accepted 2022/08/23
pubmed 2022/10/21 06:00
medline 2022/10/21 06:00
entrez 2022/10/20 23:48
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Doust C Doust Catherine C Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Fontanillas P Fontanillas Pierre P 23andMe, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Eising E Eising Else E Language and Genetics Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Gordon SD Gordon Scott D SD Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Wang Z Wang Zhengjun Z School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University and Shaanxi Key Research Center of Child Mental and Behavioral Health, Xi'an, China.
Alagöz G Alagöz Gökberk G Language and Genetics Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Molz B Molz Barbara B Language and Genetics Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
23andMe Research Team
Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium
Pourcain BS Pourcain Beate St BS MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Francks C Francks Clyde C Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Marioni RE Marioni Riccardo E RE Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Zhao J Zhao Jingjing J School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University and Shaanxi Key Research Center of Child Mental and Behavioral Health, Xi'an, China.
Paracchini S Paracchini Silvia S School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Talcott JB Talcott Joel B JB Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Monaco AP Monaco Anthony P AP Office of the President, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
Stein JF Stein John F JF Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Gruen JR Gruen Jeffrey R JR Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, USA.
Olson RK Olson Richard K RK Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Willcutt EG Willcutt Erik G EG Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
DeFries JC DeFries John C JC Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Pennington BF Pennington Bruce F BF Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
Smith SD Smith Shelley D SD Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Wright MJ Wright Margaret J MJ Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Auton A Auton Adam A
Bates TC Bates Timothy C TC Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Fisher SE Fisher Simon E SE Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Luciano M Luciano Michelle M Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. michelle.luciano@ed.ac.uk.
INVESTIGATORS
LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION
Aslibekyan Stella S
Auton Adam A
Babalola Elizabeth E
Bell Robert K RK
Bielenberg Jessica J
Bryc Katarzyna K
Bullis Emily E
Coker Daniella D
Partida Gabriel Cuellar GC
Dhamija Devika D
Das Sayantan S
Elson Sarah L SL
Filshtein Teresa T
Fletez-Brant Kipper K
Freyman Will W
Gandhi Pooja M PM
Heilbron Karl K
Hicks Barry B
Hinds David A DA
Jewett Ethan M EM
Jiang Yunxuan Y
Kukar Katelyn K
Lin Keng-Han KH
Lowe Maya M
McCreight Jey J
McIntyre Matthew H MH
Micheletti Steven J SJ
Moreno Meghan E ME
Mountain Joanna L JL
Nandakumar Priyanka P
Noblin Elizabeth S ES
O'Connell Jared J
Petrakovitz Aaron A AA
Poznik G David GD
Schumacher Morgan M
Shastri Anjali J AJ
Shelton Janie F JF
Shi Jingchunzi J
Shringarpure Suyash S
Tran Vinh V
Tung Joyce Y JY
Wang Xin X
Wang Wei W
Weldon Catherine H CH
Wilton Peter P
Hernandez Alejandro A
Wong Corinna C
Tchakouté Christophe Toukam CT
Abbondanza Filippo F
Allegrini Andrea G AG
Andlauer Till F M TFM
Barr Cathy L CL
Bernard Manon M
Blokland Kirsten K
Bonte Milene M
Boomsma Dorret I DI
Bourgeron Thomas T
Brandeis Daniel D
Carreiras Manuel M
Ceroni Fabiola F
Csépe Valéria V
Dale Philip S PS
de Jong Peter F PF
Démonet Jean Francois JF
de Zeeuw Eveline L EL
Feng Yu Y
Franken Marie-Christine J MJ
Gerritse Margot M
Gialluisi Alessandro A
Guger Sharon L SL
Hayiou-Thomas Marianna E ME
Hernández-Cabrera Juan J
Hottenga Jouke-Jan JJ
Hulme Charles C
Jansen Philip R PR
Kere Juha J
Kerr Elizabeth N EN
Koomar Tanner T
Landerl Karin K
Leonard Gabriel T GT
Liao Zhijie Z
Lovett Maureen W MW
Lyytinen Heikki H
Martinelli Angela A
Maurer Urs U
Michaelson Jacob J JJ
Mirza-Schreiber Nazanin N
Moll Kristina K
Morgan Angela T AT
Müller-Myhsok Bertram B
Newbury Dianne F DF
Nöthen Markus M MM
Paus Tomas T
Pausova Zdenka Z
Pennell Craig E CE
Plomin Robert J RJ
Price Kaitlyn M KM
Ramus Franck F
Reilly Sheena S
Richer Louis L
Rimfeld Kaili K
Schulte-Körne Gerd G
Shapland Chin Yang CY
Simpson Nuala H NH
Snowling Margaret J MJ
Stein John F JF
Strug Lisa J LJ
Tiemeier Henning H
Tomblin J Bruce JB
Truong Dongnhu T DT
van Bergen Elsje E
van der Schroeff Marc P MP
Van Donkelaar Marjolein M
Verhoef Ellen E
Wang Carol A CA
Watkins Kate E KE
Whitehouse Andrew J O AJO
Wigg Karen G KG
Wilkinson Margaret M
Zhu Gu G
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 54
ISSUE: 11
TITLE: Nature genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Nat Genet
YEAR: 2022
MONTH: Nov
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1546-1718
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Nat Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1061-4036
NLMUNIQUEID: 9216904
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
61807023 National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
797/17290 Waterloo Foundation (TWF)
389891 Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Child
Adult
Humans
Genome-Wide Association Study
Dyslexia psychology
Reading psychology
Language psychology
Asians psychology
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GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
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