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polydactyl means many fingers. It refers to people or creatures that have more fingers or toes then what they are suppose to have.
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Is polydactyly more common in men or women?
Polydactyly is associated with different mutations and is a congenital phyiscal anomoly found in humans, dogs and cats. causing them to develop too many fingers or toes.
Are polydactyl cats smarter that the average cat?
There almost certainly isn't a correlation between having genes for polydactyly and genes for intelligence.
Who discovered polydactyly?
Tyler Steven Hayden discovered polydactyly.
If both parents are heterozygous for polydactyly what percentage of offspring will exhibit polydactyly?
75%
When does polydactyly occur?
Polydactyly and syndactyly can occur simultaneously when extra digits are fused
What breed dog is a hemingway?
The term Hemingway is used for cats, and is not breed specific: it is a cat with extra claws or toes. (they display polydactylism aka polydactyly or hyperdactyly)
How is Polydactyly treated?
Polydactyly can be corrected by surgical removal of the extra digit or partial digit
What are polydactyly and syndactyly?
Polydactyly is the term for the presence of extra fingers. Syndactyly is the term for fused fingers.
Is polydactyly common in men or women?
Polydactyly is more common in men, because it is a genetic disorder. Because females have 2 X chromosomes, a recessive trait passed down on one will be covered by the dominant trait on their other X chromosome for no polydactyly. Males though, have an X and Y chromosome which means that that the Y chromosome, carrying no trait for polydactyly, will not affect an X chromosome with the allele for polydactyly. Hence, polydactyly is found in men more than women.
Is there a way to detect a carrier of polydactyly?
Polydactyly can be diagnosed by external observation, x ray, and fetal sonogram
What kind of cat has 6 toes on each paw?
they are call Hemingway's cats or polydactyl they can range form 6 toes on up the most i have seen is 8 toes my mate says there the Karl petrieas disease and that all cats will die because of the disease spread by Karl.
Can scans cause polydactyly?
No. Polydactyly is purely an autosomal dominant genetic disorder and cannot be caused by any environmental stress.
