rs1538660

A SNP in the IKBKAP gene on chromosome 9. Its most notable genotype is A;G: Likely to be a benign variant

Gene
IKBKAP
Location
Chr 9108,879,545 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.1Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
22%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GGoodnormalTypical · 0.055% of people
  2. A;GMost notableGoodLikely to be a benign variantTypical · 0.137% of people

SNPedia records rs1538660 on the minus strand: (C;C), (C;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.

  • AverageG;G 55% A;G 37%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 68% A;G 26%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 54% A;G 37%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 43% A;G 44%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 49% A;G 46%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 42% A;G 47%
  • Chinese (Denver)G;G 58% A;G 35%
  • Gujarati IndianG;G 56% A;G 38%
  • Luhya (Kenya)G;G 53% A;G 37%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)G;G 72% A;G 26%
  • Maasai (Kenya)G;G 40% A;G 46%
  • TuscanG;G 72% A;G 27%

Other IKBKAP SNPs

All IKBKAP SNPs

Source and license

Adapted from rs1538660 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.