https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51038 P = 1.098 × 10-8) at a locus that has not been associated with intelligence or educational attainment. All five reading-/language-related traits showed robust SNP heritability, accounting for 13 to 26% of trait variability. Genomic structural equation modeling revealed a shared genetic factor explaining most of the variation in word/nonword reading, spelling, and phoneme awareness, which only partially overlapped with genetic variation contributing to nonword repetition, intelligence, and educational attainment. A multivariate GWAS of word/nonword reading, spelling, and phoneme awareness maximized power for follow-up investigation. Genetic correlation analysis with neuroimaging traits identified an association with the surface area of the banks of the left superior temporal sulcus, a brain region linked to the processing of spoken and written language. Heritability was enriched for genomic elements regulating gene expression in the fetal brain and in chromosomal regions that are depleted of Neanderthal variants. Together, these results provide avenues for deciphering the biological underpinnings of uniquely human traits.]]> Wed 16 Aug 2023 10:23:55 AEST ]]> Locus for severity implicates CNS resilience in progression of multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:52436 Wed 11 Oct 2023 14:54:40 AEDT ]]> Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46138 Tue 04 Apr 2023 18:59:19 AEST ]]>