One form of dwarfism, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome ... Thus diseases of recessive genes, which require two copies of the gene to cause the disease, will show up more frequently than they would ...

Alkuraya and his colleagues pinpointed the gene by sequencing the protein-coding DNA of children with unexplained microcephalic dwarfism. In total, they found 29 affected individuals from 21 ...

She was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism. Those with this condition typically have an average-sized torso but shorter legs and arms. While the condition ...

Dwarfism describes people with a height of four feet 10 inches (127cm) or less. It is considered a disability. The preferred term for someone with dwarfism is a “little person”. “There are ...