Diplopodia

This article is about the congenital abnormality. For the genus of echinoderm, see List of prehistoric echinoderms.
Not to be confused with Diplopoda.
Diplopodia distincta

Diplopodia is a congenital anomaly in tetrapods that involves duplication of elements of the foot on the hind limb. It comes from the Greek roots diplo = "double" and pod = "foot". Diplopodia is often found in conjunction with other structural abnormalities[1] and can be lethal.[2] It is more extreme than polydactyly, the presence of extra digits.[3]

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  2. ^ Taylor, W.; C. Gunns (1947). "Diplopodia: a lethal form of polydactyly in chickens". Journal of Heredity. 38 (3): 66–76. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a105693. PMID 20296125.
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