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. 2007 Feb 16;44(5):289–297. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2006.046516

Table 2 Summary of linkage findings in dyslexia.

Locus Number of families (individuals, sib pairs), country Linkage evidence Linkage evidence with components of the phenotype Study design References
DYX1 9 multiplex families (84 individuals), USA LOD score 3.20 Reading Categorical Smith et al46
6 multiplex families (94 individuals), USA LOD score 3.15 Single‐word reading Categorical Grigorenko et al47
7 multiplex families (67 individuals), Germany LOD score 1.78 Spelling Categorical Schulte‐Körne et al48
90 families (611 individuals), USA LOD score 2.34 Single‐word reading Categorical Chapman et al49
DYX2 19 multiplex families (358 individuals*, 50 dizygotic twin‐pair), USA p Values between 0.009–0.04 Dyslexia QTL Cardon et al50
82 families (181 sib pairs), UK p Values between 0.0004–0.038 Orthographic and phonological processes QTL Fisher et al51
79 families (126 sib pairs), USA LOD scores between 2.42 and 3.10 Orthographic and phonological processes QTL Gayan et al52
89 families (195 sib pairs)†, UK p Values between 0.00001–0.042 Phonological decoding QTL Fisher et al53
119 families (180 sib pairs)‡, USA p Values between 0.002–0.006 Phonological decoding
104 families (392 individuals)‡, USA p Values between 0.0005–0.05 Orthographic and phonological processes QTL Kaplan et al54
8 multiplex families (176 individuals)§ LOD scores of 1.52 and 2.56 Single‐word reading, phoneme awareness Categorical Grigorenko et al55
DYX3 1 multiplex family (36 individuals), Norway LOD score 4.32 Dyslexia Categorical Fagerheim et al56
89 families (195 sib pairs), UK p Value <0.001 Orthographic choice QTL Fisher et al53
119 families (180 sib pairs), USA p Value of 0.001 Phonological awareness QTL
96 families (877 individuals), Canada LOD scores of 1.13 and 3.82 Phonological coding, spelling QTL and categorical Petryshen et al57
11 multiplex families (97 individuals), Finland LOD score 3.01 Dyslexia Categarical Kaminen et al58
DYX4 96 families (877 individuals), Canada LOD scores of 2.08 and 3.34 Phonological coding, spelling QTL and categorical Petryshen et al59
DYX5 1 multiplex family (74 individuals), Finland LOD score 3.84 Dyslexia Categorical Nopola‐Hemmi et al60
DYX6 89 families (195 sib pairs), UK p Value <0.001 Single‐word reading QTL Fisher et al53
119 families (180 sib pairs), USA p Value <0.001 Single‐word reading QTL
84 families (143 sib pairs), UK p Value <0.001 Phoneme awareness QTL
DYX7 100 families (914 individuals), Canada p Value <0.001 Dyslexia Categorical Hsiung et al61
DYX8 9 families, USA LOD score of 1.95 and 2.33 Dyslexia QTL Rabin et al62
8 multiplex families (165 individuals), USA LOD scores of 3.00 and 2.30 Single‐word reading, phonological decoding Categorical Grigorenko et al63
100 families (914 individuals), Canada LOD scores of 4.01 and 1.65 Spelling, phonological coding QTL and categorical Tzenova et al64
DYX9 1 multiplex family (29 individuals), Netherlands LOD score 3.68 Dyslexia Categorical de Kovel et al65
89 families (195 sib pairs), UK p Value of 0.001 Single‐word reading QTL Fisher et al53

LOD, logarithm of the odds; QTL, quantitative trait loci.

*Including 18 families with linkage evidence at DYX2 previously reported by Smith et al.46

†Including 82 families with linkage evidence at DYX2 previously reported by Fisher et al.51

‡Including 39 families with linkage evidence at DYX2 previously reported by Cardon et al50 and 70 families with linkage evidence at DYX2 previously reported by Gayan et al.52

§Including 8 families with linkage evidence at DYX2 previously reported by Grigorenko et al.47,55