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How common is dwarfism?
about alot of people have dwarfism in the world
Do people with dwarfism ever gorw?
No. I am sorry.
Do dwarfs go school?
People with dwarfism are treated no differently to people who don't have dwarfism. Therefore yes, they attend school with their average-height schoolmates.
How many babies a year are born with dwarfism?
One in 10 thousand babies are born with Dwarfism every year.
How did they find so many small people for 'The Lord of the Rings'?
Watching the 'Behind the scenes' portion of the DVDs you get to see the people who played the body doubles for the hobbits. Acting has always been an option for those with short stature. Their type of Dwarfism is called Proportionate Dwarfism; they are shorter without the inconsistent bone growth seen in other types of Dwarfism. I did not see statistics on the number of people with Dwarfism, of any type, but there has to be a large group because there are quite a few humans inhabiting the planet.
Is dwarfism x or y linked?
it depends on which gender has dwarfism so if the women has dwarfism the she could have a baby that has dwarfism
What is th elifeexpectancy of a primordial dwarf?
People with primordial dwarfism have a life expectancy of less than thirty years. Only a few people with primordial dwarfism have lived longer than that.
Is dwarfism located on a particular chromosome?
Many inherited disorders in humans are controlled by a single gene. Achondroplasia is a form of dwarfism. About one out of 25,000 people has achondroplasia. The homozygous dominant genotype causes death of the embryo, and therefore only heterozygotes, individuals with a single copy of the defective allele, have this disorder. This also mean that a person with achondroplasia has a 50% chance of passing the condition on to any children. Achondroplasia is a recessive allele.
What kind of population is affected by dwarfism?
5 million people is affected
How do you treat dwarfism?
There is no treatment for dwarfism. It is permanent.
Who is most likely to have little people children?
Many types of dwarfism are dominant so only other little people and they can certainly produce non-dwarf children.
What is it called when a person is shorter then usual?
DwarfismMany people with dwarfism prefer the term little people.
