rs10936599

A SNP in the MYNN gene on chromosome 3. Its most notable genotype is C;C: longer telomeres, longer life?

Gene
MYNN
Location
Chr 3169,774,313 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA
Minor allele frequency
30%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. C;CMost notableGoodlonger telomeres, longer life?Worth knowing · 2.056% of people
  2. T;TBadshorter telomeres, shorter life?Worth knowing · 2.012% of people

On SNPedia: (C;C), (T;T). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 11 HapMap populations.

  • AverageC;C 56% T;T 12%
  • European ancestry (Utah)C;C 53% T;T 7%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 15% T;T 28%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 8% T;T 44%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 99% T;T 0%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)C;C 84% T;T 2%
  • Chinese (Denver)C;C 22% T;T 31%
  • Gujarati IndianC;C 62% T;T 5%
  • Luhya (Kenya)C;C 84% T;T <1%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 38% T;T 9%
  • Maasai (Kenya)C;C 82% T;T 1%
  • TuscanC;C 65% T;T 3%

Source and license

Adapted from rs10936599 on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.