Trait
Upper limb phocomelia
Missing or malformed long bones of the upper limbs with the distal parts (the hands) connected to the variably shortened or even absent upper extremity, leading to a flipper-like appearance, as opposed to other forms of limb malformations were either the whole limb is missing (such as amelia), or the distal part of a limb is absent (peromelia).
Summary
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Upper limb phocomelia 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.
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Broader traits
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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