“Polydactyly,” the condition of having extra toes or fingers, means “many digits” in Greek. There are several things that can cause polydactyly, but in many cases, it is due to mutations ...

Polydactyly, a genetic condition, causes individuals to be born with extra fingers or toes. Usually harmless and hereditary, it results from a mutation in the GLI3 gene. The condition might ...

This story appears in the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Perissodactyla, roughly translated, means “odd number of toes.” It’s the order of mammals that includes rhinos ...

David Tennant has disclosed that he was born with a rare condition that means he has an extra toe on one foot. Metro recently asked the former Doctor Who star about supposed “rumblings” among ...

1994). Another example of expressivity at work is the occurrence of extra toes, or polydactyly, in cats. The presence of extra toes on a cat's paw is a phenotype that emerges in groups of cats who ...

They're still huge and fluffy, no matter what. Sometimes, they have extra toes, and that just makes them even cuter. When one Maine Coon showed off his extra toes and his fluffy belly recently ...

One form of dwarfism, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, involves not only short stature but polydactyly (extra fingers or toes), abnormalities of the nails and teeth, and, in about half of individuals ...

which means she has extra toes. Visit Clover in SPCA Florida’s Linda’s Lovelies Cattery, and you’ll fall in love with her unique markings and curious demeanor. Her mesmerizing gaze will ...