What exactly is achondroplasia? who was the person to discover it?

Dwarfism.: Achondroplasia, the most common cause of nonlethal short limb dwarfism is characterized by macrocephaly (disproportionately large head) and rhizomelia (short proximal long bones in amrs/legs). Heterozygous individuals have a normal life span and normal intelligence. Homozygous achondroplasia is parinatally lethal. Incidence of nonlethal form:1:10, 000-1:30, 000. Typically de novo paternal mutations.

Dr Zacharias gave a: description. The cause for Achondroplasia was discovered by Dr.John Wasmuth and his reserach team in 1994. However, dwarfism had been studied by a number of scientists prior to this.