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Polydactyly facts for kids

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Polydactyly 01 Lhand AP
Left hand with sixth finger

Polydactyly is a birth defect which may affects the hands, feet, or both. It causes one or more extra fingers or toes. It can affect people, and other mammals such as dogs, and cats.

Images for kids

  • Polydactyly postaxial

    Postaxial polydactyly

  • Polydactyly preaxial

    Preaxial polydactyly

  • Shh ectopic expression

    Preaxial polydactyly: Ectopic SHH-expression, Hemingway mutant, mouse, right forelimb

  • Polydactyly 01 Lfoot AP

    Left foot with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray

  • Nuremberg chronicles - Strange People - Twelve Fingers (XIIv)

    Twelve-fingered man, illustrated in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles

  • The five toed cock of Aldrovandi

    Rooster with feathered legs (Aldrovandi himself did not notice the five toes)

  • The multiple toes of a polydactyl kitten

    Kitten with 23 toes

  • Cairina moschata subspecies foot

    Muscovy duck, both feet have five toes

  • Cairina moschata subspecies 0

    Muscovy duck, both feet have five toes

See also

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