title: Genetics and genomics etiology of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts.
abstract: Orofacial clefts (OFC) are complex birth defects. Studies using contemporary genomic techniques, bioinformatics, and statistical analyses have led to appreciable advances in identifying the causes of syndromic forms of clefts. This commentary gives an overview of the important cleft gene discoveries found using various genomic methods and tools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery College of Medicine University of Lagos Surulere Nigeria.
authors.forename: Wasiu L
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0257-7853
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Adeyemo
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and MedicineCollege of DentistryUniversity of IowaIowa CityIowa; Iowa Institute of Oral Health ResearchCollege of DentistryUniversity of IowaIowa CityIowa.
authors.forename: Azeez
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Butali