Many cases of hexadactylism have been reported by science, and it appears that in some instances it is hereditary in certain families. |
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Twelve is as high as you could count on the fingers of both hands if you were born with hexadactylism. |
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I thought he may be able to do some experimental work at his hospital laboratory to find out what exactly is causing hexadactylism. |
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He precedes his studies with some interesting historic data, showing that the first recorded instance of hexadactylism was biblical. |
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Boinet finds in these cases of hereditary hexadactylism that the supernumerary members are not remnants of preexisting digits, but that they are the result of a dichotomization of the bones. |
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These subjects had presented with either hexadactylism, bone dysplasia, or bone fracture. |
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