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One of the best attested single characters in human heredity is brachydactyly, "short-fingerness," which results in a reduction in the length of the fingers by the dropping out of one joint.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

In medical literature, however, there are numerous records of the spontaneous origin of various abnormalities which behave as dominants, such as brachydactyly, and Bateson considers the authenticity of some of these to be beyond doubt.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

The factor for brachydactyly evidently produces its primary effect on the bones of the hand, but it also produces a secondary effect on all the bones of the body.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

One of the cases which has been most fully worked out is that of a deformity known as brachydactyly.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall

It is then fair to suppose that the factor which produces brachydactyly does so by affecting the pituitary gland in some way.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul