This finding is particularly notable in light of findings that MYH9 and genes encoding multiple cell-cell adhesion components have been identified to be involved in cleft palate formation in humans and mice (Birnbaum et al., 2009; Chiquet et al., 2009; Cox et al., 2018; Jia et al., 2010; Lough et al., 2017, 2020; Peng et al., 2016). Here, MYH9 is linked to cleft palate.