RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A brachydactyly characterized by hypoplasia/aplasia of distal phalanges, distal symphalangism, fusion of carpal/tarsal bones, and partial cutaneous syndactyly that has_material_basis_in mutations in the NOG gene on chromosome 17q22. (DO)