Sentences with phrase «as microphthalmia»

Besides skeletal indications, there are eye disorders such as microphthalmia (smaller eyes than they should be), lens detachments, cataracts, glaucoma, retinal defects, and nystagmus (jerking or twitching of the eyeballs).

Damage to human chromosome 9 (of the cell's 24 pairs) where the gene that codes for E-NTPDase2 resides is known to cause eye and brain defects, such as microphthalmia — literally, small eyes.

Not exact matches

This form of microphthalmia is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait in some breeds.

Other double merles suffer from microphthalmia, where the eye is smaller than normal, in some cases it appears as if there is no eye at all (anophthalmia).

A recessive mode of inheritance has been suggested for congenital cataracts and microphthalmia in the Miniature Schnauzer [112] as well as cataracts in the Entlebucher mountain dog [113], the Bichon Frise [114] and the American Cocker spaniel [115].

Examples of the latter might include: choroidal hypoplasia in breeds not previously identified as having Collie Eye Anomaly, optic nerve colobomas, microphthalmia, multi-focal retinopathy in breeds not yet recognized as having CMR mutations, etc..