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Wiener Dog's Stubby Legs may Hold Clue to Human Dwarfism
In fact, humans have their own version of the gene that Parker connected to short legs in dogs: fibroblast growth factor 4 (fgf4).
Fgf4 hasn't been linked to short limbs in humans, at least not yet.
About two-thirds of cases of Hypochondroplasia, a type of human dwarfism, are instead related to a different gene: fgf3.
But "at least a third of the cases have no known genetic cause," Parker said. "Perhaps, the new dog-related fgf4 findings could give researchers a new route to look for," she added.
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