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Achondroplasia is one of a group of disorders called chondrodystrophies or osteochondrodysplasias. Achondroplasia may be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, which means that if a child gets the defective gene from one parent, the child will ...
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Achondroplasia is caused by a mutation, or change, in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene(FGFR3) located on the short arm of chromosome 4.Genes contain the instructions that tell a body how to form. They are composed of four different che...
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Achondroplasia is caused by a mutation, or change, in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene(FGFR3) located on the short arm of chromosome 4.Genes contain the instructions that tell a body how to form. They are composed of four different che...
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Achondroplasia is caused by a genetic defect. It is a dominant trait, meaning that anybody with the genetic defect will display all the symptoms of the disorder.
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Your body is always changing. If you have gray hair or stretch marks, you've probably noticed how your body can change. You may not always notice other ways that your body can change, however. For example, your body's cells constantly change, dividing and creating new cells. You might not notice it when, as your cells divide and copy their DNA (their genetic information), a mutation is introduced.
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In a strict sense, mutations are changes in genes not caused by genetic recombination. A change in the base sequence of DNA, for example, represents a mutational change.
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