Deciphering the genetic basis of speech and language disorders
| Autor: | Simon E. Fisher, Cecilia S. L. Lai, Anthony P. Monaco |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Quantitative Trait Loci Specific language impairment Quantitative trait locus Speech Disorders Genetic linkage medicine Humans Language disorder Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genetic Testing Gene Genetic testing Genetics Family Health Language Disorders FOXP2 Gene medicine.diagnostic_test General Neuroscience FOXP2 Forkhead Transcription Factors medicine.disease Pedigree Repressor Proteins Female Psychology Transcription Factors |
| Zdroj: | Annual Review of Neuroscience |
| ISSN: | 0147-006X |
| Popis: | ▪ Abstract A significant number of individuals have unexplained difficulties with acquiring normal speech and language, despite adequate intelligence and environmental stimulation. Although developmental disorders of speech and language are heritable, the genetic basis is likely to involve several, possibly many, different risk factors. Investigations of a unique three-generation family showing monogenic inheritance of speech and language deficits led to the isolation of the first such gene on chromosome 7, which encodes a transcription factor known as FOXP2. Disruption of this gene causes a rare severe speech and language disorder but does not appear to be involved in more common forms of language impairment. Recent genome-wide scans have identified at least four chromosomal regions that may harbor genes influencing the latter, on chromosomes 2, 13, 16, and 19. The molecular genetic approach has potential for dissecting neurological pathways underlying speech and language disorders, but such investigations are only just beginning. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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