Davis, OSP and Band, G and Pirinen, M and Haworth, CMA and Meaburn, EL and Kovas, Y and Harlaar, N and Docherty, SJ and Hanscombe, KB and Trzaskowski, M and Curtis, CJC and Strange, A and Freeman, C and Bellenguez, C and Su, Z and Pearson, R and Vukcevic, D and Langford, C and Deloukas, P and Hunt, S and Gray, E and Dronov, S and Potter, SC and Tashakkori-Ghanbaria, A and Edkins, S and Bumpstead, SJ and Blackwell, JM and Bramon, E and Brown, MA and Casas, JP and Corvin, A and Duncanson, A and Jankowski, JAZ and Markus, HS and Mathew, CG and Palmer, CNA and Rautanen, A and Sawcer, SJ and Trembath, RC and Viswanathan, AC and Wood, NW and Barroso, I and Peltonen, L and Dale, PS and Petrill, SA and Schalkwyk, LC and Craig, IW and Lewis, CM and Price, TS and Donnelly, P and Plomin, R and Spencer, CCA (2014) The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component. Nature Communications, 5 (1). creators-Schalkwyk=3ALeonard_C=3A=3A. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5204
Davis, OSP and Band, G and Pirinen, M and Haworth, CMA and Meaburn, EL and Kovas, Y and Harlaar, N and Docherty, SJ and Hanscombe, KB and Trzaskowski, M and Curtis, CJC and Strange, A and Freeman, C and Bellenguez, C and Su, Z and Pearson, R and Vukcevic, D and Langford, C and Deloukas, P and Hunt, S and Gray, E and Dronov, S and Potter, SC and Tashakkori-Ghanbaria, A and Edkins, S and Bumpstead, SJ and Blackwell, JM and Bramon, E and Brown, MA and Casas, JP and Corvin, A and Duncanson, A and Jankowski, JAZ and Markus, HS and Mathew, CG and Palmer, CNA and Rautanen, A and Sawcer, SJ and Trembath, RC and Viswanathan, AC and Wood, NW and Barroso, I and Peltonen, L and Dale, PS and Petrill, SA and Schalkwyk, LC and Craig, IW and Lewis, CM and Price, TS and Donnelly, P and Plomin, R and Spencer, CCA (2014) The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component. Nature Communications, 5 (1). creators-Schalkwyk=3ALeonard_C=3A=3A. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5204
Davis, OSP and Band, G and Pirinen, M and Haworth, CMA and Meaburn, EL and Kovas, Y and Harlaar, N and Docherty, SJ and Hanscombe, KB and Trzaskowski, M and Curtis, CJC and Strange, A and Freeman, C and Bellenguez, C and Su, Z and Pearson, R and Vukcevic, D and Langford, C and Deloukas, P and Hunt, S and Gray, E and Dronov, S and Potter, SC and Tashakkori-Ghanbaria, A and Edkins, S and Bumpstead, SJ and Blackwell, JM and Bramon, E and Brown, MA and Casas, JP and Corvin, A and Duncanson, A and Jankowski, JAZ and Markus, HS and Mathew, CG and Palmer, CNA and Rautanen, A and Sawcer, SJ and Trembath, RC and Viswanathan, AC and Wood, NW and Barroso, I and Peltonen, L and Dale, PS and Petrill, SA and Schalkwyk, LC and Craig, IW and Lewis, CM and Price, TS and Donnelly, P and Plomin, R and Spencer, CCA (2014) The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component. Nature Communications, 5 (1). creators-Schalkwyk=3ALeonard_C=3A=3A. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5204
Abstract
Dissecting how genetic and environmental influences impact on learning is helpful for maximizing numeracy and literacy. Here we show, using twin and genome-wide analysis, that there is a substantial genetic component to children's ability in reading and mathematics, and estimate that around one half of the observed correlation in these traits is due to shared genetic effects (so-called Generalist Genes). Thus, our results highlight the potential role of the learning environment in contributing to differences in a child's cognitive abilities at age twelve.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2; Humans; Dyslexia; Learning; Genetics, Population; Twins; Quantitative Trait, Heritable; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Mathematics; Reading; Child; Female; Male; Genome-Wide Association Study; United Kingdom |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2014 15:31 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2024 05:50 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11015 |
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