rs11121179

A SNP in the RERE gene on chromosome 1. Its most notable genotype is G;G.

Gene
RERE
Location
Chr 18,395,652 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
13%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableNot ratedNo summary available.Typical · 0.075% of people

On SNPedia: (G;G). 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.

  • AverageG;G 75%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 75%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 90%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 89%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 83%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 70%
  • Chinese (Denver)G;G 90%
  • Gujarati IndianG;G 31%
  • Luhya (Kenya)G;G 86%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)G;G 72%
  • Maasai (Kenya)G;G 76%
  • TuscanG;G 62%

Other RERE SNPs

All RERE SNPs

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

rs11121179 (p = 0.000005 for lumbar spine low bone mineral density, one of the major risk factor for osteoporosis)

Source and license

Adapted from rs11121179 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.