An international team of scientists, including researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics has for the first time pinpointed a large number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia. mpi.nl/news/gene-stud… Simon Fisher 23andMe Research @drmluciano

Out now in Nature Genetics, our study of DNA from 51,800 adults answering "yes" to question "have you been diagnosed with dyslexia?" compared to >1 million who responded "no", led by team of @drmluciano The University of Edinburgh. We found 42 associated genetic loci. nature.com/articles/s4158… 1/n

Host of genes and genetic variants linked to dyslexia identified. theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

Our International Max Planck Research School is offering two PhD fellowships, funded by Max Planck Society, for innovative research in the language sciences. Includes the theme “Genetic pathways in (a)typical speech/language development”! Apply by 2 Jan '23: mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fell…

In-depth study of 17 families with loss-of-function or missense variants in the FOXP2 gene confirms links to speech/language impairments, & also suggests elevated risk of anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance. Led by Lottie Morison, out now in JMG: jmg.bmj.com/content/early/…

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No more tweets from me for the time being. I'm posting about genes, brains, speech & language on Mastodon instead. See you there! @[email protected]

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