Genetics of Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities
Pennington, B.F., & Smith, S.D. (1983). Genetic influences on learning disabilities and speech and language disorders. Child Development, 54, 369-387.
Review of what was then known about genetic influences on LDs and speech and language disorders.
Pennington, B.F., Gilger, J., Pauls, D., Smith, S.A., Smith, S.D., & DeFries, J.C. (1991). Evidence for major gene transmission of developmental dyslexia. Journal of the American Medical Association, 266(11), 1527-1534.
Segregation analysis of dyslexia in four samples, which found a major gene effect.
Cardon, L.R., DeFries, J.C., Fulker, D.W., Kimberling, W.J., Pennington, B.F., & Smith, S.D. (1994). Quantitative trait locus for reading disability on chromosome 6. Science, 265, 276-279.
Linkage analysis which found 6p locus for dyslexia in two samples.
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Pennington, B.F., & Olson, R. (2005). Genetics of dyslesia. In M. Snowling & C. Hulme (Eds.), The science of reading: A handbook, pp. 453-472. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Smith, S.D., Pennington, B.F., Boada, R., & Shriberg, L.D., (2005). Linkage of speech sound disorder to reading disability loci. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(10), 1057-1066. PMCID:16178929.
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McGrath, M., Pennington, B.F., Willcutt, E.G., Shriberg, L.D., & Smith, S.D. (2007). Gene x environment interactions in speech sound disorder predict language and preliteracy outcomes. Development & Psychopathology Special Issue, 19, 1047-1072. PMCID: 17931434.
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Pennington, B.F., McGrath, L.M., Rosenberg, J., Barnard, H., Smith, S.D., Willcutt, E.G., Friend, A., DeFries, J.C., & Olson, R.K. (2009). Gene x environment interactions in reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Developmental Psychology, 45(1), 77-89.
Peterson, R.L. & Pennington, B.F. (2012) Developmental dyslexia. The Lancet. 379(9830), 1997-207.
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Other Publication Areas:
Fundamental Issues
Phenotype Analyses of Dyslexia
Neuropsychological Deficts in Autism
Neuropsychology of Intellectual Disability
Genetics and Neuropsychology of ADHD
Executive Functions
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