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15274048

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
This study considered whether cognitive profile could distinguish groups of children where genes or environment played a major role in influencing reading level. Same-sex twin pairs from an epidemiological study were categorized according to parental report at 4 years of age into those with low language skills and a typically developing group. A total of 132 same-sex twin pairs from the low language group and 66 from the control group were assessed at 6 years of age, to investigate heritability of reading ability adjusted for nonverbal IQ. For pairs where both twins had normal scores on a nonword repetition test, heritability was zero, with environmental influences explaining all the variance. For pairs where one or both twins had low nonword repetition, the heritability estimate was 0.79 and the variance due to shared environment was zero. Future studies of genetics of reading development should treat those with poor nonword repetition skills as a separate subgroup.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1552-4841
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
129B
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
94-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-5-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Using nonword repetition to distinguish genetic and environmental influences on early literacy development: a study of 6-year-old twins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Twin Study