According to this information 151 million Americans earned some sort of wages or compensation in 2011. The median wage in the US per person is $26,695. This tells us a lot since the median household income is at $50,500. Since the Census data looks at households, this data hones in on individual wage earners.
For several years, Dr. Wasmuth and his team had suspected that the gene, FGFR3, was responsible for a defect that causes Huntington's disease, a neurological disorder. But they found no link. They took another look after other researchers suggested that the same chromosome region might harbor the achondroplasia gene.
Achondroplasia is a type of rare genetic bone disorder. It causes the strong, flexible tissue called cartilage to not be made into bone as normal. People with achondroplasia have normal intelligence and normal lifespan. Achondroplasia is a genetic disease. Most cases of achondroplasia are from a new gene mutation in families.