Multivariate genome-wide covariance analyses of literacy, language and working memory skills reveal distinct etiologies

Abstract Several abilities outside literacy proper are associated with reading and spelling, both phenotypically and genetically, though our knowledge of multivariate genomic covariance structures is incomplete. Here, we introduce structural models describing genetic and residual influences between...

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Main Authors: Chin Yang Shapland, Ellen Verhoef, George Davey Smith, Simon E. Fisher, Brad Verhulst, Philip S. Dale, Beate St Pourcain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:npj Science of Learning
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00101-y