Trait
Prominent back of the head
Clinical name: Prominent occiput
Increased convexity of the occiput (posterior part of the skull).
Summary
- Also called
- Prominent back of the skull, Prominent posterior head, Prominent posterior skull, Protruding back of the head, Prominent posterior cranium, Protruding occiput
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Prominent back of the head 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHUKcomponent of inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B kinase complex | Always | In 1 condition |
| IFT81intraflagellar transport 81 | Always | In 1 condition |
| MOGSmannosyl-oligosaccharide glucosidase | Always | In 2 conditions |
| TOR1Atorsin family 1 member A | Always | In 1 condition |
| HRASHRas proto-oncogene, GTPase | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| HYMAIhydatidiform mole associated and imprinted | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| IFT122intraflagellar transport 122 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| IFT43intraflagellar transport 43 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| IFT52intraflagellar transport 52 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| KAT6Blysine acetyltransferase 6B | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| KRASKRas proto-oncogene, GTPase | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| NRASNRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| PLAGL1PLAG1 like zinc finger 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| RNU4ATACRNA, U4atac small nuclear | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| TBC1D7TBC1 domain family member 7 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| WDR19WD repeat domain 19 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| WDR35WD repeat domain 35 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| ZIC1Zic family zinc finger 1 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| ZIC4Zic family zinc finger 4 | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| ATP7AATPase copper transporting alpha | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| CCDC22CCC complex scaffolding subunit CCDC22 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| DPYSL5dihydropyrimidinase like 5 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| DYRK1Adual specificity tyrosine phosphorylation regulated kinase 1A | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| GLI3GLI family zinc finger 3 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| KATNB1katanin regulatory subunit B1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| KIF7kinesin family member 7 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| MED12mediator complex subunit 12 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| NDE1nudE neurodevelopment protein 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| NFIXnuclear factor I X | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| NOTCH2notch receptor 2 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| PIGAphosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class A | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| RELNreelin | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| TBX6T-box transcription factor 6 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| TWIST1twist family bHLH transcription factor 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| VPS35LVPS35 endosomal protein sorting factor like | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| WASHC5WASH complex subunit 5 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| ALX4ALX homeobox 4 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| ATP6V1B2ATPase H+ transporting V1 subunit B2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CDK13cyclin dependent kinase 13 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CNOT1CCR4-NOT transcription complex subunit 1 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
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| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| CNOT3CCR4-NOT transcription complex subunit 3 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| DLL3delta like canonical Notch ligand 3 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| GDF11growth differentiation factor 11 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| HES7hes family bHLH transcription factor 7 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| ITCHitchy E3 ubiquitin protein ligase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| LFNGLFNG O-fucosylpeptide 3-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| MESP2mesoderm posterior bHLH transcription factor 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PIGNphosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class N | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| RIPPLY2ripply transcriptional repressor 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| SOX6SRY-box transcription factor 6 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| TBC1D24TBC1 domain family member 24 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| TFAP2Btranscription factor AP-2 beta | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| GJA5gap junction protein alpha 5 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| GJA8gap junction protein alpha 8 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| CDKN1Ccyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1C | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| CTSKcathepsin K | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| FLNAfilamin A | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| FLNBfilamin B | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| IGF2insulin like growth factor 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| KCNQ1potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| KCNQ1OT1KCNQ1 opposite strand/antisense transcript 1 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| MYCNMYCN proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
| SMG9SMG9 nonsense mediated mRNA decay factor | Not recorded | 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.
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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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