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Strong genetic evidence of DCDC2 as a susceptibility gene for dyslexia.

We searched for linkage disequilibrium (LD) in 137 triads with dyslexia, using markers that span the most-replicated dyslexia susceptibility region on 6p21-p22, and found association between the disease and markers within the VMP/DCDC2/KAAG1 locus. Detailed refinement of the LD region, involving sequencing and genotyping of additional markers, showed significant association within DCDC2 in single-marker and haplotype analyses. The association appeared to be strongest in severely affected patients. In a second step, the study was extended to include an independent sample of 239 triads with dyslexia, in which the association--in particular, with the severe phenotype of dyslexia--was confirmed. Our expression data showed that DCDC2, which contains a doublecortin homology domain that is possibly involved in cortical neuron migration, is expressed in the fetal and adult CNS, which--together with the hypothesized protein function--is in accordance with findings in dyslexic patients with abnormal neuronal migration and maturation.[1]

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  1. Strong genetic evidence of DCDC2 as a susceptibility gene for dyslexia. Schumacher, J., Anthoni, H., Dahdouh, F., König, I.R., Hillmer, A.M., Kluck, N., Manthey, M., Plume, E., Warnke, A., Remschmidt, H., Hülsmann, J., Cichon, S., Lindgren, C.M., Propping, P., Zucchelli, M., Ziegler, A., Peyrard-Janvid, M., Schulte-Körne, G., Nöthen, M.M., Kere, J. Am. J. Hum. Genet. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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