Description : Manitoba-oculo-tricho-anal (MOTA) syndrome is a rare condition defined by eyelid colobomas,
cryptophthalmos, and anophthalmia/microphthalmia, an aberrant hairline, a bifid or
broad nasal tip, and gastrointestinal anomalies such as omphalocele and anal stenosis.
Autosomal recessive inheritance was assumed because of consanguinity in the Oji-Cre
population of Manitoba in which the syndrome was first described (summary by Slavotinek
et al., 2011).;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the FRAS1-related extracellular matrix protein 1 gene (FREM1,
608944.0004);