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Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia

Authors :
Doust, Catherine
Fontanillas, Pierre
Eising, Else
Gordon, Scott D.
Wang Zhengjun
Alagöz, Gökberk
Molz, Barbara
23andMe Research Team
Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium
St Pourcain, Beate
Francks, Clyde
Marioni, Riccardo E.
Zhao Jingjing
Paracchini, Silvia
Talcott, Joel B.
Monaco, Anthony P.
Stein, John F.
Gruen, Jeffrey R.
Olson, Richard K.
Willcutt, Erik G.
DeFries, John C.
Pennington, Bruce F.
Smith, Shelley D.
Wright, Margaret J.
Martin, Nicholas G.
Auton, Adam
Bates, Timothy C.
Fisher, Simon E.
Luciano, Michelle
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
The Royal Society
University of St Andrews. School of Medicine
University of St Andrews. Centre for Biophotonics
University of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complex
University of St Andrews. St Andrews Bioinformatics Unit
University of St Andrews. Cellular Medicine Division
Biological Psychology
Amsterdam Reproduction & Development
APH - Mental Health
APH - Methodology
APH - Personalized Medicine
APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases
Complex Trait Genetics
Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics
LEARN! - Educational neuroscience, learning and development
Source :
Nature Genetics, 54(11), 1621-1629. Nature Publishing Group, Doust, C, Fontanillas, P, Eising, E, Boomsma, D I, De Zeeuw, E L, Hottenga, J-J, Jansen, P R, Van Bergen, E, Bates, T C, Fisher, S E, Luciano, M & Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium 2022, ' Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia ', Nature genetics, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 1621-1629 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01192-y, Nature Genetics, 54, 1621-1629, Nature Genetics, 54, 11, pp. 1621-1629, Pourcain, B S, Francks, C, Marioni, R E, Zhao, J, Paracchini, S, Talcott, J B, Monaco, A P, Stein, J F, Gruen, J R, Olson, R K, Willcutt, E G, DeFries, J C, Pennington, B F, Smith, S D, Wright, M J, Martin, N G, Auton, A & Bates, T C & Fisher, S E & Luciano, M 2022, ' Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia ', Nature Genetics, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 1621-1629 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01192-y, Nature genetics, 54(11), 1621-1629. Nature Publishing Group, Nature Genetics
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Funding: EE, GA, BM, BSP, CF and SEF are supported by the Max Planck Society (Germany). The Chinese Reading Study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project (Grant No. 61807023), the Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education (Grant No. 19YJC190023 and 17XJC190010), and the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2021JQ-309). SP is funded by the Royal Society. 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. Publisher PDF

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Language :
English
ISSN :
10614036
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Genetics, 54(11), 1621-1629. Nature Publishing Group, Doust, C, Fontanillas, P, Eising, E, Boomsma, D I, De Zeeuw, E L, Hottenga, J-J, Jansen, P R, Van Bergen, E, Bates, T C, Fisher, S E, Luciano, M & Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium 2022, ' Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia ', Nature genetics, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 1621-1629 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01192-y, Nature Genetics, 54, 1621-1629, Nature Genetics, 54, 11, pp. 1621-1629, Pourcain, B S, Francks, C, Marioni, R E, Zhao, J, Paracchini, S, Talcott, J B, Monaco, A P, Stein, J F, Gruen, J R, Olson, R K, Willcutt, E G, DeFries, J C, Pennington, B F, Smith, S D, Wright, M J, Martin, N G, Auton, A & Bates, T C & Fisher, S E & Luciano, M 2022, ' Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia ', Nature Genetics, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 1621-1629 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01192-y, Nature genetics, 54(11), 1621-1629. Nature Publishing Group, Nature Genetics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4caddb680bbb6b241d270f6e52466fdb
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01192-y