The largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date identified 42 independent locations in the genome associated with dyslexia. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of Edinburgh, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia and the US company 23andMe, and reported in the journal Nature Genetics on Thursday, helps us better understand the genetic underpinnings of why some children struggle to read or spell.
