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Genetic research has been slow to come to the field of language development, but during the past decade it has begun to make up for lost time. Research suggests that language disabilities in children are among the most highly heritable disorders, fuelling optimism for finding specific genes. Research has gone beyond merely demonstrating heritability in three ways. First, there are strong genetic links...