rs16902104

A SNP in the CASC8 gene on chromosome 8. Its most notable genotype is C;C: common/normal

Gene
CASC8
Location
Chr 8127,328,663 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
16%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. C;CMost notableGoodcommon/normalTypical · 0.074% of people

On SNPedia: (C;C). 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 74%
  • European ancestry (Utah)C;C 67%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)C;C 62%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)C;C 61%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)C;C 87%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)C;C 95%
  • Chinese (Denver)C;C 55%
  • Gujarati IndianC;C 70%
  • Luhya (Kenya)C;C 84%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)C;C 86%
  • Maasai (Kenya)C;C 76%
  • TuscanC;C 71%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Other CASC8 SNPs

All CASC8 SNPs

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

Association with prostate cancer (risk association listed as being with rs16902094 G allele or rs16902104 T allele, see Table 1.)

Source and license

Adapted from rs16902104 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.