Regarding group 17, morphants of zebrafish shox gene also show growth retardation and decreased vertebral and craniofacial ossification (Kenyon et al., 2011; Sawada et al., 2015; Marchini et al., 2016; Montalbano et al., 2016), which resembles symptoms shown in patients with dyschondrosteosis (Leri-Weill) or mesomelic dysplasia Langer type, diseases caused by SHOX mutations. Here, SHOX is linked to mesomelic dysplasia.