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Review
. 2025 Aug;41(8):643-646.
doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2025.05.009. Epub 2025 Jun 18.

Advancing GWAS of human communication

Rosa S Gisladottir  1
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Review

Advancing GWAS of human communication

Rosa S Gisladottir. Trends Genet. 2025 Aug.

Abstract

The last decade has seen an explosion in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on almost any imaginable phenotype. Unfortunately, humanity's most distinctive trait - communication, broadly construed - has been underserved. In this forum article I review recent advances and promising avenues that may help us understand the genetics and evolution of human communication.

Keywords: GWAS; archaic humans; communication; language; speech.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests R.S.G. is an employee of deCODE Genetics/Amgen.