2. What is it? Polydactyly is a mutation which results in the child being born having multiple fingers and/or toes. The extra fingers or toes are usually non-functioning.
3. Who gets it? About one in every five hundred people are born with polydactyly.
4. Polydactyly is caused by one of several mutations of the short end of chromisome number seven. It is usually inherited through an autosomal dominant allele. How?
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8. Treatments A simple surgical Procedure is all that's needed to remove polydactyly.
9. Bibliography Brighthub. (Aug 29, 2009) What Causes Polydactyly? Retrieved from: http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/47390.aspx May 20, 2011. University of Maryland. (11/2/2009) Polydactyly-Overview. Retrieved from: http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/003176.htm May 23, 2011.
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