Trait
Caesarean section
Delivery of a fetus through surgical incisions made through the abdominal wall (laparotomy) and the uterine wall (hysterotomy).
Summary
- Body system
- Abnormality of prenatal development or birth
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Caesarean section is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| DHRS3dehydrogenase/reductase 3 | Always | In 1 condition |
| EEFSECeukaryotic elongation factor, selenocysteine-tRNA specific | Always | In 1 condition |
| MAU2MAU2 sister chromatid cohesion factor | Always | In 1 condition |
| NOTCH3notch receptor 3 | Always | In 1 condition |
| PTCD3pentatricopeptide repeat domain 3 | Always | In 1 condition |
| PTPMT1protein tyrosine phosphatase mitochondrial 1 | Always | In 1 condition |
| SPINK5serine peptidase inhibitor Kazal type 5 | Always | In 1 condition |
| MCM4minichromosome maintenance complex component 4 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| AGTPBP1ATP/GTP binding carboxypeptidase 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| ANKRD11ankyrin repeat domain 11 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| ARSBarylsulfatase B | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| ASXL3ASXL transcriptional regulator 3 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| CACNA1Dcalcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 D | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| CHD8chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 8 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| COQ4coenzyme Q4 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| KCNK3potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 3 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| MTM1myotubularin 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| OPA1OPA1 mitochondrial dynamin like GTPase | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| POLR3ARNA polymerase III subunit A | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| PORcytochrome p450 oxidoreductase | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| TAF1TATA-box binding protein associated factor 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| WDR83OSWD repeat domain 83 opposite strand | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| ZFXzinc finger protein X-linked | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| LGI1leucine rich glioma inactivated 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PGBD5piggyBac transposable element derived 5 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| SATB1SATB homeobox 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| TAOK1TAO kinase 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
How often is among people with one of the gene's conditions, the most often across them, as the Human Phenotype Ontology records it. These pages describe traits and the research behind them; they are not a diagnosis, and a doctor or genetic counsellor is the person to ask about symptoms.
Broader traits
Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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