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Who discovered achondroplasia?


Who discovered achondroplasia?

Not recorded in history. The gene that causes achondroplasia was discovered by Dr. John Wasmuth and his colleagues in 1994.

Check the Journal of American Medicine.

In 1994 Dr. John Wasmuth and his colleagues discovered that a mutation of the fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 (FGFR3) gene on human chromosome 4 causes achondroplasia.

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