rs17856968
A SNP in the ADH1B gene on chromosome 4. Its most notable genotype is T;T.
- Gene
- ADH1B
- Location
- Chr 499,318,162 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- Not on consumer chips
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
SNPedia records rs17856968 on the minus strand: (A;A). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.
Frequency
Share of each genotype in 4 HapMap populations.
- AverageT;T 28%
- European ancestry (Utah)T;T 0%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)T;T 58%
- Japanese (Tokyo)T;T 52%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)T;T 0%
Related
Source and license
Adapted from rs17856968 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.