BMP4/ALK3 deficiency leads to Meckel's cartilage truncation mimicking the mandible Tessier 30 cleft.
Jian ZhangChensheng LinYingnan SongJiang ChenPublished in: Oral diseases (2021)
The central hard-tissue loss of both mutant mouse models led to a mandibular symphysis cleft, mimicking the typical sign of the median mandible Tessier 30 cleft in humans.