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Trait

Short hard palate

Distance between the labial point of the incisive papilla to the midline junction of the hard and soft palate more than 2 SD below the mean (objective) or apparently decreased length of the hard palate (subjective).

HPO HP:0010290

Summary

Also called
Decreased length of hard palate
Body system
Abnormality of head or neck

4 genes linked to Short hard palate

Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Short hard palate 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.

GeneHow often it is seenConditions
SNRPBsmall nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptides B and B1Sometimes (5–29%)In 2 conditions
DVL1dishevelled segment polarity protein 1Not recordedIn 1 condition
GLI2GLI family zinc finger 2Not recordedIn 1 condition
WNT5AWnt family member 5ANot recordedIn 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

Abnormal hard palate morphology

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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