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.
fusion of the upper and lower jaw; fusion can range from simple mucosal bands (synechiae) to complete bony fusion (synostosis); syngnathia can occur in the midline, or laterally, and it can be uni- or bilateral
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fusion of the maxilla and mandible; maxillomandibular fusion