Several genetic studies, mainly conducted in Asian populations, have identified genes associated with the development of myopia, HM, and MM, namely SCO2 [12–14], chromosome 15q14 [15–17], PAX6 [18–20], BLID [14,21], COL8A1 [22], and CCDC102B [23]. Here, COL8A1 is linked to Miyoshi myopathy.