rs12821256(C;T)

2x more likely to have blond hair

Magnitude
0.0Typical
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
6%Average of 8 populations
On SNPedia
rs12821256(C;T)
Gene
KITLG

Frequency

Share of people with C;T in each HapMap population.

  • European ancestry (Utah)27%
  • Tuscan8%
  • Gujarati Indian4%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)3%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)2%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)0%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)0%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%

Other genotypes of rs12821256

  1. C;CMost notableNot rated4x more likely to have blond hairTypical · 0.0<1% of people
  2. T;TGoodnormalTypical · 0.094% of people

All about rs12821256

Notes

From SNPedia

see discussion at rs12821256

Source and license

Adapted from rs12821256(C;T) 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.

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