rs1799937
A SNP in the WT1 gene on chromosome 11. Its most notable genotype is A;A: common in clinvar
- Gene
- WT1
- Location
- Chr 1132,389,228 (GRCh38)
- Highest magnitude
- 0.0Typical
- Tested on
- Not on consumer chips
Genotypes
Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.
SNPedia records rs1799937 on the minus strand: (T;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.
- AverageA;A 26%
- European ancestry (Utah)A;A 58%
- Han Chinese (Beijing)A;A 6%
- Japanese (Tokyo)A;A 12%
- Yoruba (Nigeria)A;A 16%
- African ancestry (Southwest US)A;A 26%
- Chinese (Denver)A;A 11%
- Gujarati IndianA;A 23%
- Luhya (Kenya)A;A 27%
- Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)A;A 40%
- Maasai (Kenya)A;A 18%
- TuscanA;A 54%
Related
Other WT1 SNPs
- rs28941778C;TDenys-Drash syndromeVery important
- rs28941779A;GFrasier syndrome mutationVery important
- rs28942089A;GDenys-Drash syndromeVery important
- rs121907900A;GWilms tumor susceptibility (predicted)Very important
- rs121907906A;GWilms tumor susceptibility (predicted)Very important
- rs121907908C;TWilms tumor susceptibility (predicted)Very important
- rs121907909A;GWilms tumor susceptibility (predicted)Very important
- rs121907911G;TWilms tumor susceptibility (predicted)Very important
Source and license
Adapted from rs1799937 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.