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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2021 Nov 17;32(2):289–303.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.063

Table 1:

Genes that are associated with the development and evolution of limb skeletal proportion.

Gene Symbol Gene Name Known Skeletal/Body Size Phenotypes
Alpl alkaline phosphatase, liver/bone/kidney Abnormal long bone metaphysis morphology28
Decreased long bone epiphyseal plate size28
Decreased bone mineral density29
Increased bone resorption30
Decreased body size31
B2m beta-2 microglobulin None reported
Baiap2l2 BAI1-associated protein 2-like 2 None reported
Enpp2 ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 2 None reported
Ibsp integrin binding sialoprotein Abnormal trabecular bone morphology32
Decreased bone mineral density32
Increased bone resorption33
Decreased body size32
Short femur32
Lmcd1 LIM and cysteine-rich domains 1 None reported
Mcoln3 mucolipin 3 Decreased body size34
Myh10 myosin, heavy polypeptide 10, non-muscle Abnormal body size35
Nlgn3 neuroligin 3 None reported
Npr3* natriuretic peptide receptor 3 Increased width of hypertrophic chondrocyte zone36
Delayed endochondral bone ossification37
Increased length of long bones36,38
Elongated metatarsal bones38
Increased body length36,38,39
Nprl3 nitrogen permease regulator-like 3 None reported
Tbx18 T-box18 Abnormal skeleton morphology40,41
Decreased body length41,42
Ttll9 tubulin tyrosine ligase-like family, member 9 None reported

Asterisk designates Npr3, which also appears in the human SHR GWAS. See also Table S5.