A landmark review in Nature Reviews Genetics dissects the rare and common genetic variants that shape human height. The paper ...

People with a rare genetic mutation that causes short stature and may also make them ... have several traits that protect against heart disease, one of the most common causes of death, which ...

One form of dwarfism, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, involves not only short stature but polydactyly (extra ... a hole between the two upper chambers of the heart. The syndrome is common in the ...