Trait
Slow breathing
Clinical name: Hypoventilation
A reduction in the amount of air transported into the pulmonary alveoli by breathing, leading to hypercapnia (increase in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide).
Summary
- Also called
- Under breathing, Alveolar hypoventilation
- Body system
- Abnormality of the respiratory system
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Slow breathing is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| EIF4A2eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A2 | Always | In 1 condition |
| FDXRferredoxin reductase | Always | In 1 condition |
| MYO1Hmyosin IH | Always | In 1 condition |
| PHOX2Bpaired like homeobox 2B | Always | In 1 condition |
| RFC4replication factor C subunit 4 | Always | In 1 condition |
| COX11cytochrome c oxidase copper chaperone COX11 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| DCTN1dynactin subunit 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| POLGDNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SETD2SET domain containing 2, histone lysine methyltransferase | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SLC5A7solute carrier family 5 member 7 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| COL12A1collagen type XII alpha 1 chain | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| COL13A1collagen type XIII alpha 1 chain | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| COL6A1collagen type VI alpha 1 chain | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| COL6A2collagen type VI alpha 2 chain | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| COL6A3collagen type VI alpha 3 chain | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| COLQcollagen like tail subunit of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| DZIP1LDAZ interacting zinc finger protein 1 like | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LAMA2laminin subunit alpha 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LAMB2laminin subunit beta 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| MOGSmannosyl-oligosaccharide glucosidase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| PKHD1PKHD1 ciliary IPT domain containing fibrocystin/polyductin | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PURApurine rich element binding protein A | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| SH3TC2SH3 domain and tetratricopeptide repeats 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| DMDdystrophin | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| HERC2HECT and RLD domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| MAGEL2MAGE family member L2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| MKRN3makorin ring finger protein 3 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| NDUFS6NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit S6 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| NPAP1nuclear pore associated protein 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| PWAR1Prader Willi/Angelman region RNA 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| PWRN1Prader-Willi region non-protein coding RNA 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| SNORD115-1small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 115-1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| SNORD116-1small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 116-1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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