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ArticleHuman genetics2022

The heritability of vocal tract structures estimated from structural MRI in a large cohort of Dutch twins.

Dan Dediu, Emily M Jennings, Dennis Van't Ent, Scott R Moisik, Grazia Di Pisa, Janna Schulze, Eco J C de Geus, Anouk den Braber, Conor V Dolan, Dorret I Boomsma

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Dan Dediu *Department of Catalan Philology and General Linguistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. dan.dediu@icrea.cat.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-6365
Emily M Jennings *Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Dennis Van't EntDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Scott R MoisikLinguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Grazia Di PisaDepartment of Linguistics, Universität Konstanz, Constance, Germany.
Janna SchulzeIndependent Researcher, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Eco J C de GeusDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Anouk den BraberDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Conor V DolanDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dorret I BoomsmaDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche IDEXLYON 16-IDEX-0005EURIAS Fellowship 2017Fulbright Association U.S. Student AwardNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 276-70-022Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam VUFP Scholarship
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Abstract

While language is expressed in multiple modalities, including sign, writing, or whistles, speech is arguably the most common. The human vocal tract is capable of producing the bewildering diversity of the 7000 or so currently spoken languages, but relatively little is known about its genetic bases, especially in what concerns normal variation. Here, we capitalize on five cohorts totaling 632 Dutch twins with structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Two raters placed clearly defined (semi)landmarks on each MRI scan, from which we derived 146 measures capturing the dimensions and shape of various vocal tract structures, but also aspects of the head and face. We used Genetic Covariance Structure Modeling to estimate the additive genetic, common environmental or non-additive genetic, and unique environmental components, while controlling for various confounds and for any systematic differences between the two raters. We found high heritability, h

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LanguageMagnetic Resonance ImagingCohort StudiesHumansPhoneticsSpeech

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PMID35831475
PMCPMC9672028

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