Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I wanted to add what Dr. Dobbs just told me about this. The article says they have localized the involved gene and need to narrow it down to the specific gene. He said this can be compared to a map; if you consider your entire genome is like a map of the US they have narrowed down the clubfoot gene to St. Louis and are searching for the street and house. > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry if this has been explained before, I don't always > get to > > > > > read all the posts. When was born they said his clubfoot > was > > > > > most likely caused by his position in the uterus, but I'm not > sure > > > > > whether they knew for sure or not. 's legs were also bent in > > > > > addition to his feet. About halfway down his calves his legs > turned > > > > in > > > > > and his feet were turned in as well. > > > > > > > > > > Here's my question? What's the difference between clubfoot caused > > > > by a > > > > > gene and clubfoot caused by the position in the uterus? Is > there a > > > > > true clubfoot diagnosis that can be made based on genes? The > reason > > > > > I'm asking is if we decide to have more children it would be nice > > > > to > > > > > know if it's genetic or positional. Also, does clubfoot usually > > > > > involve the legs or just the foot? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > and JEsse 11/10/03 dbb 16/7 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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