The mutation that produces androplastic (?) dwarfism is common. It occurs in about 1/10,000 births if I remember my human biology for non-majors correctly. The mutation is dominant.
On Friday 17 May 2002 20:31, you wrote: > My fellow rat-bastards Alberto and Bemmzim mention that one must have a > dwarf parent to be a dwarf. > > That sounds false. I mean, in the old times, dwarfs would have had a less > chance to have children, and so would have died out by now, unless someone > deliberately kept dwarfism alive. That seems fine in dogs, because dogs > don't care if they're dwarfs or epileptic or not [well they do boss if it > causes them pain], but people certainly do care if they're freaks or > perceived as freaks.
