Using the avian mutant talpid2 as a disease model for understanding the oral-facial phenotypes of oral-facial-digital syndrome

• Main Authors: Elizabeth N. Schock (Author), Ching-Fang Chang (Author), Jaime N. Struve (Author), Ya-Ting Chang (Author), Julie Chang (Author), Mary E. Delany (Author), Samantha A. Brugmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Oral-facial-digital syndrome (OFD) is a ciliopathy that is characterized by oral-facial abnormalities, including cleft lip and/or palate, broad nasal root, dental anomalies, micrognathia and glossal defects. In addition, these individuals have several other characteristic abnormalities that are typi...