Achondroplasia

Breeds of dog with very short legs, like basset hounds and dachshunds, acquired them in a single step with the genetic mutation called achondroplasia, a classic example of a large mutation that would be unlikely to survive in nature. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Simmonds, who suffers from a genetic disorder called achondroplasia, one of the most common forms of short limb dwarfism, admits she is just as excited about watching the Games as competing in them. ❋ Mark Prigg (2011)

She has grown less than 1 centimeter 0.4 inch in the last two years, Guinness said in a statement, and will grow no more due to a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. ❋ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (2011)

Guinness says in a statement Amge has grown less than 0.4 inch 1 centimetre in the last two years and will grow no more due to a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. ❋ Telegraph Staff (2011)

Amge, at 2 feet, 0.06 inches tall, is the same height as an average 2-year-old as a result of being born with a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She has achondroplasia, which is one of the most common form of dwarfism ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ms Amge has a condition called achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and is not expected to grow further. ❋ Unknown (2011)

One of these was a 1912 study noting that a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia was more common among the last-born children in families than among the first-born. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All seven are living in the same house for the show's run, and this first week sets the focus on alpha male Max, a 31-year-old with achondroplasia who, when he's not trying to get his big break as an actor, sells computer gear over the phone. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Not bad for someone who is 4ft 1in, and suffers from achondroplasia, or dwarfism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He was born with achondroplasia, the most common condition that results in dwarfism, and was the only member of his family who was not of average height. ❋ T. Rees Shapiro (2010)

(Discovery Health at 9) returns with new segments, and the first one -- which finishes the episode's title with "May Be Having a Dwarf" -- deals with a couple whose child could be born with achondroplasia dwarfism (the father is 4-foot-1). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Babies born with homozygous achondroplasia usually die within a year. ❋ BA Haller (2008)

One of the most studied of these conditions is a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, but the list also includes neurofibromatosis, the connective-tissues disorder Marfan syndrome, skull and facial abnormalities like Apert syndrome, and many other diseases and abnormalities. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The researchers also reported a steady increase in sperm DNA fragmentation as men grew older, with a 2 percent increase each year in the gene mutation associated with achondroplasia, the dwarfism syndrome. ❋ Unknown (2007)

[Peter Dinklage] suffers from a [form] of [dwarfism] known as achondroplasia. ❋ Kushla (2022)