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Cleft palate

near SLC35B3 · rs72823645

Where this position leads

What the study found

Who was studied 873 European ancestry cases, 7,913 European ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the T allele carried 1.69 times the odds of Cleft palate (95% confidence interval 1.402055553173997-2.037080480537531); p = 4 × 10⁻⁸.

How common The T allele had a frequency of about 5% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 6, band 6p24.3 — between genes, 52.5 kb from SLC35B3.

What each result means

C/C Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Cleft palate — no copies of the reported risk allele.

C/T Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Cleft palate.

T/T Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Cleft palate compared to the general population.

Source

Genetic heterogeneity and homogeneity among orofacial cleft subtypes: genome-wide association studies in the cleft collective

Dack K, Ludwig KU, Stergiakouli E, Sandy J, Aryee S, Davey Smith G, Davies A, Wren Y, Sharp GC, Humphries K, Mangold E, Goudswaard L

and 3 more — show all

Ho K, Dudding T, Lewis SJ

Human molecular genetics · 2025 · PMID 41075272 · open access

Questions about rs72823645

What is rs72823645?

rs72823645 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near SLC35B3 gene. Published research associates it with cleft palate. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs72823645 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Cleft Lip with Cleft Palate. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs72823645 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs72823645 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Human molecular genetics 2025, PMID:41075272. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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