The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early-childhood vocabulary.

Ellen VerhoefChin Yang ShaplandSimon E FisherPhilip S DaleBeate St Pourcain

Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2020)

Genetic factors contributing to many complex skills during mid-childhood and early adolescence, including literacy, verbal cognition and nonverbal cognition, originate developmentally in early-childhood and are captured by receptive vocabulary. This suggests developmental genetic stability and overarching aetiological mechanisms.

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genome wide
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