KROK 1 2008 – Question 127 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Examination of a 12 year old boy with developmental lag revealed achondroplasia: disproportional constitution with evident shortening of upper and lower limbs as a result of growth disorder of epiphyseal cartilages of long tubal bones. This disease is:
- A. Acquired
- B. Congenital
- C. Inherited, recessive
- D. Inherited, dominant
- E. Inherited, sex-linked
Hint
Recall the gene behind this form of dwarfism, its chromosome, and whether a single mutant allele is enough to produce the full picture.
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