Evidence for Major Gene Transmission of Developmental Dyslexia.

Authors :: Pennington, Bruce F.
Gilger, Jeffrey W.
Pauls, David
Smith, Sandra A.
Smith, Shelley D.
DeFries, John C.
Source :: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 9/18/91, Vol. 266 Issue 11, p1527. 8p.
Publication Year :: 1991
Abstract: Presents a study which examined genetic hypotheses about the mode of transmission of developmental dyslexia by performing complex segregation analyses. Description of the study's design and setting; Possibility of autosomal dominant transmission of dyslexia; Diagnosis of reading disability; Shortcomings of the Colorado Family Reading Study.