NIN and spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, matrilin-3 type: We expect that our analysis of NOCA-1 may inform studies of vertebrate ninein, mutations in which have been implicated in the human disorders microcephalic primordial dwarfism and spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (Dauber et al., 2012; Grosch et al., 2013).