The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.
early closure or ossification of the sphenooccipital synchondrosis relative to age- and gender-matched controls; premature fusion has been associated with midface hypoplasia in animal models and patients with specific forms of syndromic craniosynostosis
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precocious sphenooccipital synchondrosis closure; premature SOS closure; premature fusion of sphenooccipital synchondrosis; premature ossification of sphenooccipital synchondrosis; premature spheno-occipital synchondrosis closure