Categories: Skeleton phene (incl. short stature & teeth)

Possible human homologues (MIM numbers): 312865 (gene) , 249700 (trait) , 127300 (trait) , 300582 (trait)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Cross-species summary: Atavism is a general term for the reappearance of one or more traits that are known to have occurred in remote ancestors, usually from an ancestral species. The term "skeletal atavism" has been applied to horses with abnormal development of ulna and fibula that somewhat resembles the reduction in size of both bones and their fusion to radius and tibula, respectively, in ancestral equids.

Species in which this phene is found:
horse (Equus caballus)