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 ...

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 ...

We are talking about a fascinating evolutionary process called insular dwarfism which occurs when a mammal's gene pool is limited to a very small and secluded environment, usually an island.

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 ...