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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Linguist Compass. 2019 Sep 5;13(9):e12349. doi: 10.1111/lnc3.12349

TABLE 1.

Gene variants discussed in this review

Gene Chr Location Function Imaging Phenotype
(language/reading)
References
BDNF 11p13 Neuronal survival
Neuronal proliferation
Synaptic growth
fMRI Reading Jasinska et al. (2016)
C2orf3/GCFC2/MRPL19 2p11-q11.2 Unknown MRI
DTI
Reading Eicher et al. (2016)
Scerri et al. (2012)
CMIP 16q23.2-q23.3 T-cell signaling MRI Reading Skeide et al. (2016)
COL4A2 13q34 Type IV collagen subunit encoding MRI Reading Skeide et al. (2016)
COMT 22q11.21 Dopamine metabolism fMRI Reading Landi et al. (2013)
NRSN1 6p22.3 Neurite growth MRI Reading Skeide et al. (2016)
ROBO1 3p12.3 Neuronal migration Axon guidance MEG Reading Lamminmäki et al. (2012)
CCDC136/FLNC 7q32.1 Unknown MRI Reading/Language Gialluisi, Guadalupe, Francks, and Fisher (2017)
DCDC2 6p22 Neuronal migration MRI

fMRI
rsMRI
EEG
DTI
Reading/Language Cope et al. (2012)
Czamara et al. (2011)
Darki et al. (2012)
Darki et al. (2014)
Cilia Marino et al. (2014)
Meda et al. (2008)
DYX1C1 15q21.3 Neuronal migration MRI Reading/Language Darki et al. (2012)
Cilia Darki et al. (2014)
FOXP2 7q31 Transcriptional regulation Neurogenesis MRI
fMRI
PET
Reading/Language Belton et al. (2003)
Liegois et al. (2003)
Pinel et al. (2012)
Skeide et al. (2016)
Vargha-Kadem et al. (1998)
Watkins et al. (2002)
KIAA0319 6p22 Neuronal migration MRI
fMRI
rsMRI
EEG
DTI
Reading/Language Wilcke et al. (2012)
Czamara et al. (2011)
Darki et al. (2012)
Darki et al. (2014)
Eicher et al. (2016)
Pinel et al. (2012)
RBFOX2 22q12.3 Alternative exon splicing regulation MRI Reading/Language Gialluisi et al. (2017)
SETBP1 18q12.3 DNA replication, apoptosis, transcription, nucleosome assembly fMRI Reading/Language Perdue et al. (2019)
SLC2A3 4q32.1 Neural glucose transport regulation EEG
rsMRI
DTI
Reading/Language Roeske et al. (2011)
Skeide et al. (2015)
ACOT13/THEM2 6p22.3 Cell proliferation MRI
DTI
Reading/Language Eicher et al. (2016)
Pinel et al. (2012)
CNTNAP2 7q35 Cell adhesion Voltage-gated channels MRI
fMRI

DTI
Language Dennis et al. (2011)
Koeda et al. (2015)
Skeide et al. (2016)
Tan et al. (2010) Udden et al. (2017)
Whalley et al. (2011)

Note. Publications focused on patient populations and/or individuals with disorders other than SRD and DLD were excluded from our review.